QASSIM v. TRUMP

No. 18-5148.

927 F.3d 522 (2019)

Khalid Ahmed QASSIM, Appellant v. Donald J. TRUMP, President of the United States, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Wilner , Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Neil H. Koslowe , Kimberly Ferguson , Washington, DC, and Anthony G. Amsterdam .

Joseph Margulies , Minneapolis, MN, was on the brief for amicus curiae Commonwealth Lawyers Association in support of appellant.

Brad Hinshelwood , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Sharon Swingle Washington, DC and Michael Shih .

Before: Millett and Pillard, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


Khalid Ahmed Qassim, who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba for seventeen years, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On appeal, Qassim presses a due process challenge to the government's use of undisclosed classified information as a basis for his detention...

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