GHEREBI v. OBAMA

Civil Action Nos. 04-1164 (RBW), 05-879(RBW), 05-883(RBW), 05-891(RBW), 05-999(RBW), 05-1493(RBW), 05-1667(RBW), 05-1697(RBW), 05-2104(RBW), 05-2386(RBW), 06-1675(RBW), 06-1690(RBW), 07-1710(RBW), 08-2019(RBW).

609 F.Supp.2d 43 (2009)

Falen GHEREBI, Petitioner, v. Barack H. OBAMA, President of the United States, and Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, Respondents. Taj Mohammad, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Karin Bostan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Nasrullah, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Asim Ben Thabit Al-Khalaqi, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Mohammed Amon, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Abdullah M. Al-Sopai ex rel. Abdalhadi M. Al-Sopai, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Kadeer Khandan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Issam Hamid Ali Bin Ali Al Jayfi, et al., Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Sharaf Al Sanani, et al., Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Wasim and Qayed, Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Rabia Khan ex rel. Majid Khan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Muhammad Muhammad Saleh Nasser ex rel. Abdulrahman Muhammad Saleh Nasser, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati and Saad Masir Mukbl Al Azani, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin Chemerinsky, Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, CA, Gitanjali Gutierrez, Pardiss Kebriaei, New York, NY, Meetali Jain, Richard J. Wilson, International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Andrew I. Warden, Edward J. Martin, Paul Edward Ahern, Alexander Kenneth Haas, David Hugh White, Julia A. Berman, Norman Christopher Hardee, Patrick D. Davis, Robert J. Prince, Terry Marcus Henry, U.S. Department of Justice, Paul Clement, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Solicitor General, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

REGGIE B. WALTON, District Judge.

The petitioners in the cases captioned above are detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They challenge the legality of their confinement by the government,1 seeking the issuance of writs of habeas corpus to secure their release from detention. Remarkably, despite the years that have passed since these habeas corpus petitions were filed, the state...

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