The following cases were recently filed in the Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the district courts’ official online bulletins.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Hoglan v. Islamic Republic of Iran
(No. 11-CV-01634, Sept. 9)
Assigned to Judge Rosemary Collyer. Anti-terrorism Act. Demand: $1 billion. Attorney for plaintiff: Timothy Fleming, Wiggins, Childs, Quinn & Pantazis, Washington.