HUSSAIN v. OBAMA

No. 11-5344.

718 F.3d 964 (2013)

Abdul Al Qader Ahmed HUSSAIN, Detainee, Appellant v. Barack Hussein OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley R. Powell argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Henry C. Whitaker , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Robert M. Loeb , Attorney.

Opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge EDWARDS, concurring in the judgment.


GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

The district court denied appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his detention at Guantanamo Bay. We affirm the district court because its findings of fact were not clearly erroneous, and those facts support the conclusion that appellant was more likely than not a part of enemy forces at the time of his capture.

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