Alsabri Opinion Available
Last week we mentioned that the D.C. Circuit Court had affirmed the District Court's decision in Mashur Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri's habeas corpus case. It looked as though the Court was holding off on publishing its opinion so it could be redacted, but the public version of the opinion shows no sign of that.
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Last week we mentioned that the D.C. Circuit Court had affirmed the District Court's decision in Mashur Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri's habeas corpus case. It looked as though the Court was holding off on publishing its opinion so it could be redacted, but the public version of the opinion shows no sign of that.
D.C. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland wrote the opinion, and was joined by Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Senior Circuit Judge Douglas Ginsburg.
Read the opinion here, and the briefs in this case here and here, and check out Douglas Cox’s analysis of the redactions in the briefs here.
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Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.