HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD

No. CIV.A.04-1519 JR.

344 F.Supp.2d 152 (2004)

Salim Ahmed HAMDAN, Plaintiff, v. Donald H. RUMSFELD, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Mcmillan, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Neal Katyal, Kelly A. Cameron, Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Brian C. Kipnis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Preeya M. Noronha, U.S. Department of Justice, Terry Marcus Henry, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Salim Ahmed Hamdan petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the lawfulness of the Secretary of Defense's plan to try him for alleged war crimes before a military commission convened under special orders issued by the President of the United States, rather than before a court-martial convened under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The government moves to dismiss. Because Hamdan has not been...

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