HAMAMA v. ADDUCCI

Nos. 17-2171, 18-1233.

912 F.3d 869 (2018)

Usama Jamil HAMAMA, et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. Rebecca ADDUCCI, et al., Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed December 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Scott G. Stewart, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Lee Gelernt, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROJECT, New York, New York, Margo Schlanger, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Scott G. Stewart, Michael A. Celone, William C. Silvis, Sarah Stevens Wilson, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Lee Gelernt, Judy Rabinovitz, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROJECT, New York, New York, Margo Schlanger, Samuel R. Bagenstos, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael J. Steinberg, Miriam J. Aukerman, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Detroit, Michigan, Nadine Yousif, Nora Youkhana, CODE LEGAL AID INC., Madison Heights, Michigan, Kimberly L. Scott, Wendolyn Wrosch Richards, MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK & STONE, PLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, William W. Swor, WILLIAM W. SWOR & ASSOCIATES, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. Cynthia M. Nunez, AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Washington, D.C., Carl M. Levin, Gabriel E. Bedoya, HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP, Detroit, Michigan, Elisa J. Lintemuth, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jason P. Steed, KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP, Dallas, Texas, Amy G. Doehring, MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Noah A. Levine, Jamie S. Dycus, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae in 17-2171. Gabriel E. Bedoya, HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP, Detroit, Michigan, Jill M. Wheaton, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Nareeneh Sohbatian, WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae in 18-1233.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, J., joined. WHITE, J. (pp. 880-87), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


These consolidated appeals arise from the government's efforts to execute long-standing final removal orders of Iraqi nationals that the United States had, for many years, been unable to execute. The district court entered two preliminary injunctions: one to halt the removal of Iraqi nationals (removal-based claims...

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