Legal Opinion
In Re Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 7, 2008No. Misc. No. 08-0442 (TFH). Civil Action Nos. 05-1509 (RMU), 05-1602 (RMU), 05-1704 (RMU), 08-1310 (RMU)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Denying the Petitionees’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Denying the Petitioners’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Six of the thirteen petitioners in the above captioned cases — all Uighur 1 detainees at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (“Guantanamo”)— request that the court issue a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) or a preliminary injunction requiring the respondents to transfer them to less restrictive locations within Guantanamo. On one side of this controversy are the claims of the…
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