HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT v. MUKASEY

Nos. 05-56753, 05-56846.

552 F.3d 916 (2009)

HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT; Ralph Fertig; Ilankai Thamil Sangam; Tamils of Northern California; Tamil Welfare and Human Rights Committee; Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America; World Tamil Coordinating Committee; Nagalingam Jeyalingam, Dr., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, of the United States; United States Department of Justice; Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State; United States Department of State, Defendants-Appellants. Humanitarian Law Project; Ralph Fertig; Ilankai Thamil Sangam; Tamils of Northern California; Tamil Welfare and Human Rights Committee; Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America; World Tamil Coordinating Committee; Nagalingam Jeyalingam, Dr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, of the United States; United States Department of Justice; Condoleeza Rice, Secretary of State; United States Department of State, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 10, 2007.

Amended January 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Debra Wong Yang, United States Attorney; Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; and Douglas N. Letter, Joshua Waldman, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, for the defendants-appellants/appellees.

David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center; Shayna Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights; Carol A. Sobel, Law Office of Carol A. Sobel; Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun, De Simone, Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP; Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, Plaintiff World Tamil Coordinating Comm., for the plaintiffs-appellees/appellants.

Before HARRY PREGERSON, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

The opinion filed in this case on December 10, 2007, slip op. at 16135, 509 F.3d 1122 is hereby amended as follows:

At slip op. 16157, line 12: 509 F.3d at 1134, at the end of the paragraph, add the following footnote:

The issue of a facial vagueness challenge is not before this court. We therefore do not reach that issue.

At slip op. 16160, line 10: 509 F.3d at 1136, at the end of the paragraph,...

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