Legal Opinion
Khan v. Bush
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 25, 2016No. Civil Action No. 2008-1101Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHAWALI KAHN, Petitioner, v. Civil Action No. 08-1101 (JDB) BARACK H. OBAMA, et al., Respondents. MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Shawali Kahn was in U.S. custody from November 2002 through December 2014. For most of that time, he was detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Since 2008, Kahn and the United States have been engaged in lengthy habeas corpus proceedings, through which Kahn has attempted to challenge the legality of his detention. In December 2014, the United States relinquished custody of Kahn and…
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