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Document: Government Notice of Intention to Transfer John Doe

Matthew Kahn
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 1:43 PM

On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a notice informing the D.C. federal district court of the government's intention to transfer the detained John Doe U.S.-citizen enemy combatant to the custody of another country in no fewer than 72 hours. The government filed the heavily redacted notice pursuant to Judge Tanya Chutkan's Jan.

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On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a notice informing the D.C. federal district court of the government's intention to transfer the detained John Doe U.S.-citizen enemy combatant to the custody of another country in no fewer than 72 hours. The government filed the heavily redacted notice pursuant to Judge Tanya Chutkan's Jan. 23 order that the government not transfer Doe without providing the court 72-hours notice. Chutkan has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. The government's notice is below:


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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