Legal Opinion
Vance v. Rumsfeld
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 8, 2011No. 10-1687, 10-2442PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises fundamental questions about the relationship between the citizens of our country and their government. Plaintiffs Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel are American citizens and civilians. Their complaint alleges in detail that they were detained and illegally tortured by U.S. military personnel in Iraq in 2006. Plaintiffs were released from military custody without ever being charged with a crime. They then filed this suit for violations of their constitutional rights against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other unknown defendants under…
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