Mashour Alsabri v. Barack Obama

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Mashour Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri, a detainee at the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court. 1

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The facts leading to the petitioner’s detention are extensively chronicled in the district court’s opinion. See Alsabri v. Obama, 764 F.Supp.2d 60 (D.D.C.2011). The following synopsis relies on the district court’s most significant findings.

Alsabr…