IN RE MOHAMMAD

No. 17-1156.

866 F.3d 473 (2017)

IN RE: Khalid Shaikh MOHAMMAD, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Z. Nevin , pro hac vice, Boise, ID, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the petition for writ of mandamus and the reply were Rita J. Radostitz , Eugene, OR, and Derek A. Poteet , Centerville, VA.

Amy Brown , Everett, WA, and Samuel Rosenthal , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amicus curiae Ethics Bureau at Yale in support of petitioner.

Danielle S. Tarin , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the opposition to the petition for writ of mandamus was Joseph F. Palmer , Attorney.

Before: Rogers, Tatel and Griffith, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Khalid Shaikh Mohammad is a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who is currently being tried by military commission on charges of planning and bringing about the attacks of September 11, 2001. He asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus directing that the Hon. Scott L. Silliman of the United States Court of Military Commission Review...

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