Legal Opinion
Lakhdar Boumediene v. Barack Obama
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 1, 2010No. 08-5537PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Belkaeem Bensayah petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus in order to challenge his detention at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The district court denied his petition, holding the Government had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that Bensayah was being held lawfully pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Pub.L. 107-40, § 2(a), 115 Stat. 224, 224 (2001), because he had provided “support” to al Qaeda. Boumediene v. Bush, 579 F.Supp.2d 191, 198 (2008). On…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Parhat, Huzaifa v. Gates, RobertCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Saunders v. SenkowskiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
- Adham Awad v. Barack ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Hedges v. ObamaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Al Alwi v. ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Almerfedi v. ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
- Uthman v. ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
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