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Al-Bahlul (though not Hamdan, so far as I know) has filed a reply brief in relation to the en banc CMCR proceedings (oral argument this morning). The brief is posted here.
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The CMCR has released handy "preview" documents for tomorrow's en banc proceedings in al-Bahlul and Hamdan. They give bios for all the judges, list the attorneys involved, give a summary of the issues, ...
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The public merits briefing in Almerfedi v. Obama (No.
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On February 24th, as directed by the en banc Court of Military Commission Review, the appellants in al Bahlul and Hamdan filed briefs addressing two questions:
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Counsel for the Kiyemba III petitioners, who filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court a few months back, just filed their reply to the government's opposition brief.
Relatedly, one of the ...
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Here is the transcript of the Padilla hearing, which resulted in today's opinion.
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Yesterday two new GTMO habeas briefs became publicly available.
The first is the appellant's opening brief in Khan v. Obama (No. 10-5306). In this case, petitioner Shawali Khan appeals Judge John Bates'...
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The respondent's merits brief recently became available in Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd, the case challenging whether John Ashcroft can be sued in his personal capacity for misuse of the material witness statute ...
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This morning the Supreme Court denied cert. in Al Adahi v. Obama. Justice Kagan had unsurprisingly recused herself from the case.
In this petition the detainee argued that the D.C.
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Today the government filed the public version of its appellant's brief in Almerfedi v. Obama (No. 10-5291), a habeas merits case. In this appeal the government appeals Judge Paul Friedman's sole habeas ...
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A few weeks ago we posted the petitioners' joint opening brief in a consolidated appeal before the D.C. Circuit that tests whether federal courts retain habeas jurisdiction even after a detainee leaves U...
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Last week (and our apologies for the belated update), the D.C. Circuit released the public version of the appellant's brief in another habeas merits appeal, Al Harbi v. Obama.