Legal Opinion
Al Maqaleh v. Gates
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 2, 2009No. Civil Action 06-1669, 06-1697, 08-1307, 08-2143PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.
Before the Court are respondents’ motions to dismiss these four petitions for habeas corpus. The petitioners are all foreign nationals captured outside Afghanistan yet held at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan for six years or more. The issue at the heart of these cases is whether these petitioners may, in the wake of Boumediene v. Bush, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 2229, 171 L.Ed.2d 41 (2008), invoke the Suspension Clause of the Constitution, Art I. § 9 cl. 2. If so, then section 7(a) of the Military Commissions…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Arkan Ali v. Donald RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2011
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- Al Maqaleh v. GatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2009
- Maqaleh v. RumsfeldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2012
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