Legal Opinion
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 8, 2004No. CIV.A.04-1519 JRPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Salim Ahmed Hamdan petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the lawfulness of the Secretary of Defense’s plan to try him for alleged war crimes before a military commission convened under special orders issued by the President of the United States, rather than before a court-martial convened under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The government moves to dismiss. Because Hamdan has not been determined by a competent tribunal to be an offender triable under the law of war, 10 U.S.C. § 821, and because in any event the procedures…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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