Legal Opinion
Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan v. Barack H. Obama
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 9, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2009-0745PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge,
Petitioner Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, 1 a Syrian national, has been detained as an enemy belligerent at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002. In 2009, pursuant to an Executive Order, a federal task force identified Mr. Ahjam as a candidate for transfer from the detention facility and resettlement in a new country. Mr. Ahjam filed the present motion to challenge the 2013 and 2014 National Defense Authorization Acts, which impose prerequisites for transfers of Guantanamo detainees, as unconstitutional interferences…
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