Legal Opinion
Sami Allaithi v. Donald Rumsfeld
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 10, 2014No. 13-5096, 13-5097PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge BROWN.
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
As the United States enters the coda of its military engagement in Afghanistan, we continue with our task of resolving the many legal questions left in the wake of warfare. In this case, we assess whether certain detainees cleared by a military tribunal but nevertheless subjected to continued detention and allegedly abusive treatment have sufficiently alleged that those authorizing and supervising their detention acted outside the scope of their employment. We conclude they did not, and we affirm the decision of the district…
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