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AL ALWI v. OBAMA

No. 09-5125.

653 F.3d 11 (2011)

Moath Hamza Ahmed AL ALWI, Detainee, Appellant v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramzi Kassem argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Zachary Katznelson , William J. Murphy , and John J. Connolly.

Sarang V. Damle , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Ian Heath Gershengorn , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Robert M. Loeb , Attorney. Matthew M. Collette and August E. Flentje , Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered appearances.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of the petition of Moath Hamza Ahmed Al Alwi — a detainee at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Al Alwi is a Yemeni citizen who was raised in Saudi Arabia. According to the government, he traveled to Afghanistan sometime in or around 2000, intending to...

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