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RASUL v. BUSH

Nos. CIV.A. 02-299(CKK), CIV.A. 02-828(CKK).

215 F.Supp.2d 55 (2002)

Shafiq RASUL, Skina Bibi, as Next Friend of Shafiq Rasul, et al., Petitioners, v. George Walker BUSH, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Barrett Boss, Asbill, Moffitt & Boss, Chartered, Washington, DC, Jon W. Norris, Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Robert Daniel Okun, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Presently before the Court are two cases involving the federal government's detention of certain individuals at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The question presented to the Court by these two cases is whether aliens held outside the sovereign territory of the United States can use the courts of the United States to pursue claims brought under the United States...

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