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Just in time for the weekend, here's the latest in Mingazov. As I noted yesterday, Ravil Mingazov posted his response in opposition to the government's motion to remand his case back to the District Cour...
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There has been some movement in the long-stalled Mingazov case—one of the Guantanamo habeas cases that’s still kicking around. Way back in December 2010, Larkin shared the government's brief in its appea...
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Jack and Ben earlier noted the government's long-awaited brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in New York Times Co. v. Department of Justice and ACLU v.
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Here is the Government’s brief in support of its summary judgment motion in response to requests by the NYT and ACLU for records on targeted killings, especially with regard to U.S. citizens. This is t...
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A few days ago, the New York Times editorial page made a remarkable claim: "In the 19 [Guantanamo habeas] appeals [the D.C. Circuit] has decided, the court has never allowed a prisoner to prevail." As I ...
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One of the more obscure habeas cases of the last few years has been El Falesteny v. Obama. The case's key documents were sealed, both on appeal to the D.C.
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I actually don't have much to say, now that it's here, on the New York Times editorial on the detention case cert denials.
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Kind of interesting that military commission defense lawyers insist that the defendants should be able to wear the clothes of their choice but that female prosecutors should cover up.
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In a surprising development, the Obama Administration today filed an amicus brief in the Kiobel case in partial support of Shell Oil, arguing that the Alien Tort Statute should not be applied to allow a ...
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[Update: Ben Weiser's coverage in the Times points out that real benefit of the plea for Ahmed of course was to avoid the firearms charge, which entailed a thirty year minimum. Ben also confirms that Ju...
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Steve's mention earlier that he was positively soft on the D.C. Circuit compared to the Times reminded me that we haven't seen any sign yet of the inevitable editorial bashing the justices for failing to...
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A few final thoughts on the topic of DC Circuit fidelity to Hamdi and Boumediene, for the three people still paying attention to us (hi Mom!).