Legal Opinion
Gul v. Obama
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 22, 2011No. 10-5117, 10-5118PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The United States detained Nazul Gul and Adel Hamad for several years at the Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. During that time, each filed with the district court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Prior to any hearing on the merits of their petitions, however, the United States transferred the detainees to the custody of foreign sovereigns; it did not then rescind, nor has it since rescinded, their designation as “enemy combatants.”
In an effort to refute the allegations levied against them and to have that…
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