{"id":50338,"date":"2018-11-27T22:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/27\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-marine-recruits-death\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:51:20","slug":"judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-marine-recruits-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/27\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-over-marine-recruits-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge dismisses lawsuit over Parris Island recruit\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DETROIT \u2014 A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/30\/judge-encourages-deal-in-lawsuit-over-marine-recruits-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">death of a Marine recruit<\/a> from Michigan who killed himself after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/10\/court-martial-convicts-notorious-parris-island-drill-instructor-of-abusing-recruits\/\" target=\"_blank\">confrontation with a drill instructor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Judge Arthur Tarnow expressed &#8220;strong reservations&#8221; Tuesday but said he must follow legal precedent, which bars civil litigation in military deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/30\/judge-encourages-deal-in-lawsuit-over-marine-recruits-death\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/raheel-siddiqui-crop.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Judge encourages deal in lawsuit over Marine recruit\u2019s death<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A federal judge on last week urged lawyers to try to reach a settlement in a lawsuit over the death of a Marine recruit from Michigan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raheel Siddiqui died in 2016 at Parris Island, South Carolina. The Marine Corps said the 20-year-old Taylor, Michigan, man jumped to his death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was evidence that drill instructors beat, choked and kicked recruits. Several Marines have been convicted for their roles in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/11\/10\/drill-instructor-gets-10-years-behind-bars-for-parris-island-hazing-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\"> abuse at Parris Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siddiqui\u2019s family filed a $100 million lawsuit, saying recruiters never disclosed that instructors had an anti-Muslim bias. 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