Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Makhtar Al-Wrafie v. Barack Obama
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 24, 2013No. 11-5276PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1ConcurrenceOpinion for the Court filed by Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge
SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellant Mukhtar A1 Warafi, a Guantanamo detainee, appeals from a judgment of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A1 Warafi argues that the district' court erred in not affording him protection due “medical personnel” under the First Geneva Convention. Because the district court properly held that appellant has not established that he was “medical personnel,” it did not err in denying his petition, and we affirm for the reasons set forth more fully below.
BACKGROUND
This is our second occasion to consider the habeas petition of…
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