Legal Opinion
Gherebi v. Obama
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 22, 2009No. Civil Action 04-1164 (RBW), 05-879(RBW), 05-883(RBW), 05-891(RBW), 05-999(RBW), 05-1493(RBW), 05-1667(RBW), 05-1697(RBW), 05-2104(RBW), 05-2386(RBW), 06-1675(RBW), 06-1690(RBW), 07-1710(RBW), 08-2019(RBW)PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
REGGIE B. WALTON, District Judge.
The petitioners in the cases captioned above are detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They challenge the legality of their confinement by the government, 1 seeking the issuance of writs of habeas corpus to secure their release from detention. Remarkably, despite the years that have passed since these habeas corpus petitions were filed, the state of the law regarding the scope of the President’s authority to detain the petitioners remains unsettled. Bereft of any definitive guidance from the Supreme Court or the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Ex Parte MilliganSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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