Haddad v. Ashcroft

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND DENYING GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED

EDMUNDS, District Judge.

This case arises from the Government’s institution of removal proceedings against a number of non-citizens, primarily young men of Arab and Muslim background, following the horrific events of September 11, 2001, and the Government’s decision to close those proceedings to the press and public. The plaintiff is Rabih Had-dad (“Haddad”), one of the men arrested after September 11. The defendants are…