AL SHIMARI v. CACI PREMIER TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Baher Azmy , CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, New York, New York, for Appellants. John Frederick O'Connor, Jr. , STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Katherine Gallagher , CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, New York, New York; Robert P. LoBue , PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP, New York, New York; Shereef Hadi Akeel , AKEEL & VALENTINE, P.C., Troy, Michigan; Jeena Shah , CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS & INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC, Newark, New Jersey, for Appellants. Stephen I. Vladeck , Washington, D.C.; Charles S. Barquist , Los Angeles, California, Betre M. Gizaw , MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Courts. Eric L. Lewis , A. Katherine Toomey , James P. Davenport , Waleed Nassar , LEWIS BAACH PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Melissa Hooper , HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST, New York, New York, for Amici Retired Military Officers. Dror Ladin , Hina Shamsi , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, New York, for Amici American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch. George M. Clarke, III , BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP, Washington, D.C.; Alberto Mora , Carr Center For Human Rights Policy, HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Amicus Alberto Mora. William J. Aceves , CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW, San Diego, California; Deena R. Hurwitz , International Human Rights Law Clinic, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Juan E. Mendez.   L. Kathleen Roberts , Nushin Sarkarati, THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY, San Francisco, California; Michael E. Tigar , Oriental, North Carolina; Ali A. Beydoun , UNROW HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT LITIGATION CLINIC, Washington, D.C., for Amici Abukar Hassan Ahmed, Dr. Juan Romagoza Arce, Zita Cabello, Aziz Mohamed Deria, Carlos Mauricio, Gloria Reyes, Oscar Reyes, Cecilia Santos Moran, Zenaida Velasquez, and Bashe Abdi Yousuf. Lawrence S. Ebner , Lisa N. Himes , Tami Lyn Azorsky , Jessica C. Abrahams , DENTONS US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Professional Services Council-The Voice of the Government Services Industry, and Coalition for Government Procurement. Raymond B. Biagini , Daniel L. Russell Jr. , Herbert L. Fenster , COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus KBR, Incorporated.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Floyd and Judge Thacker joined. Judge Floyd wrote a separate concurring opinion.