Legal Opinion
Belbacha v. Bush
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 14, 2008No. 07-5258PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
In 2005 Ahmed Belbacha, an Algerian national, petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus in order to challenge his detention at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In July 2007, with his petition still pending, he sought interim relief barring his transfer to Algeria on the ground that he is likely to be tortured by the government of Algeria and by an extremist organization that has threatened him in the past. The district court declined preliminarily to bar…
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