HUSAYN v. MITCHELL

No. 18-35218.

938 F.3d 1123 (2019)

Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad HUSAYN; Joseph Margulies, Petitioners-Appellants, v. James Elmer MITCHELL; John Jessen, Respondents, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 18, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Klein (argued) and John Chamberlain , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jerry Moberg , Jerry Moberg & Associates, Ephrata, Washington; for Petitioners-Appellants.

H. Thomas Byron III (argued), Appellate Staff; Joseph H. Harrington , United States Attorney; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Intervenor-Appellee.

Opinion by Judge Paez; Dissent by Judge Gould.


OPINION

Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn ("Abu Zubaydah")1 is currently held at the U.S. detention facility in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Abu Zubaydah was formerly detained as part of the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA")'s detention...

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