Opinion ID: 2750493
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Heading: TVPA Claims

Text: The TVPA authorizes a federal cause of action against any “individual” who commits an act of torture or extrajudicial killing “under actual or apparent authority, or color of law, of any foreign nation.” 28 U.S.C. § 1350 Note. In a case decided while this appeal was pending, the Supreme Court examined the TVPA and held that the term “individual,” as used in the statute, “encompasses only natural persons.” Mohamad v. Palestinian Auth., 132 S. Ct. 1702, 1705 (2012). Thus, the TVPA “does not impose liability against organizations.” Id. Defendants in this case are both corporations rather than natural persons. In light of Mohamad, therefore, Plaintiffs’ TVPA claims must be dismissed. Accord, e.g., Cardona v. Chiquita Brands Int’l, Inc., 760 F.3d 1185, 1188–89 (11th Cir. 2014).