Legal Opinion
Oleskey Ex Rel. Boumediene v. United States Department of Defense
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 30, 2009No. Civil Action 05-10735-RGSPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON THE MOTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
Plaintiff Stephen Oleskey, a lawyer at the Boston-Washington firm of Wilmer Hale, brought this pro bono Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., action on behalf of six “enemy combatants” (collectively, detainees) who were or are held as prisoners at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1 The six, all of whom are Algerian-born, had been surrendered by authorities of Bosnia Herzegovina to the United States after five of their number were stripped of…
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