El Fasteny Case Argued
The D.C. Circuit also heard oral arguments today in El Falesteny v. Obama, some sort of Guantanamo case that is kept so tightly under seal that even the subject matter of the appeal seems to be a mystery. The same panel that heard Gul/Hamad--Judges Tatel, Ginsburg, and Brown--heard today's oral argument, which was closed to the public.
What we can say is that El Falesteny's case was before Judge Walton in the district court and the petitioner filed the appeal sometime in the middle of last year. It doesn't appear to be a merits decision.
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The D.C. Circuit also heard oral arguments today in El Falesteny v. Obama, some sort of Guantanamo case that is kept so tightly under seal that even the subject matter of the appeal seems to be a mystery. The same panel that heard Gul/Hamad--Judges Tatel, Ginsburg, and Brown--heard today's oral argument, which was closed to the public.
What we can say is that El Falesteny's case was before Judge Walton in the district court and the petitioner filed the appeal sometime in the middle of last year. It doesn't appear to be a merits decision. If anyone has any public information about this case, please let us know.
Larkin Reynolds is an associate at a D.C. law firm and was a legal fellow at Brookings from 2010 to 2011. Larkin holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as a founding editor of the Harvard National Security Journal and interned with the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, and the National Security Division of the Department of Justice. She also has a B.A. in international relations from New York University.
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