Legal Opinion
Salahi v. Obama
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 9, 2010No. Civil Action 05-CV-0569PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.
Mohammedou Ould Salahi (ISN 760), a Mauritanian national, alleges that he is illegally detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and petitions this court for a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release.
Salahi has been in custody, without being charged with any crime, since November [Redacted] 2001. He was first taken custody by [Redacted] on suspicion that he had been involved in the failed “Millennium Plot” to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport. The United States [Redacted] transported him to Guantanamo Bay in August 2002, Traverse…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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