Walters v. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA

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• holding that a court may raise statute of limitations sua sponte when facts supporting that defense “are set forth in the papers plaintiff himself submitted”
• holding that dismissal is appropriate where the existence of an affirmative defense, such as the statute of limitations, is plain from the face of the pleading
• holding that a district court “may dismiss an action sua sponte on limitations grounds in certain circumstances where ‘the facts supporting the statute of limitation defense are set forth in the papers plaintiff himself submitted.’”
• holding that a district court may dismiss an action sua sponte on limitations grounds when “the facts supporting the statute of limitations defense are set forth in the papers plaintiff himself submitted” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that a district court may dismiss an action sua sponte on limitations grounds when “the facts supporting the statute of limitations defense are set forth in the papers plaintiff himself submitted” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• affirming that foreign sovereign property located outside the U.S. is “categorically immune from execution under the FSIA”

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