against Defendants-Appellees Arab Republic of Egypt and the National Bank of Egypt on the grounds that the defendants are immune from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611. In the alternative, the district court concluded that the suit should be dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. On appeal, the plaintiffs contend that the district court erred in finding that none of the exceptions to the Act applies, and in concluding that this case should be heard in, an Egyptian forum. We affirm on the basis of the district court’s alternative holding that this case should be dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. See Sinochem Int’l Co. v. Malay. Int'l Shipping Corp., 549 U.S. 422, 425, 127 S.Ct. 1184, 167 L.Ed.2d 15 (2007) (<HOLDING>). In order to determine whether to dismiss a
holding that a district court may dismiss based on forum non conveniens without first addressing personal jurisdiction holding that a court can dismiss a case under forum non conveniens before resolving any other jurisdictional issues holding that a district court has discretion to grant a defendants forum non conveniens motion to transfer before disposing of any other threshold challenges holding that issue concerning forum non conveniens decision was not suitable for interlocutory appeal in part because a forum non conveniens decision is inherently factsensitive holding that federal courts may not consider other issues before resolving standing an article iii jurisdictional matter