Legal Opinion
Adel Hamad v. Robert Gates
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 7, 2013No. 12-35395, 12-35489PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Adel Hassan Hamad was detained at Guantanamo Bay as an enemy combatant. He seeks damages for his detention and his treatment from former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and numerous other military and civilian officials. We conclude, however, that 28 U.S.C. § 2241(e)(2) deprived the district court of subject-matter jurisdiction over Hamad’s claims.
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Hamad, a citizen of Sudan, alleges that he was detained in Pakistan in 2002 by Pakistani security forces acting under the direction of an “unknown American official.” According to Hamad, he was transferred to United…
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