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D.C. District Court Issues Order in ACLU v. Mattis

Matthew Kahn
Friday, October 20, 2017, 3:53 PM

The D.C. District Court issued an order in American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. James Mattis, the ACLU's suit on behalf of the unnamed American citizen being held as an enemy combatant by the U.S. military. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted in part and denied in part the ACLU's emergency motion for order to show cause. The court ordered the ACLU to serve a copy of the order, the ACLU petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and the ACLU's emergency motion to the Department of Justice. It also ordered the DOJ to respond within 10 days to explain why the ACLU should not get access.

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The D.C. District Court issued an order in American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. James Mattis, the ACLU's suit on behalf of the unnamed American citizen being held as an enemy combatant by the U.S. military. Judge Tanya Chutkan granted in part and denied in part the ACLU's emergency motion for order to show cause. The court ordered the ACLU to serve a copy of the order, the ACLU petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and the ACLU's emergency motion to the Department of Justice. It also ordered the DOJ to respond within 10 days to explain why the ACLU should not get access. The full order is included below.

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Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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