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AL-AULAQI v. OBAMA

Civil Action No. 10-1469 (JDB).

727 F.Supp.2d 1 (2010)

Nasser AL-AULAQI, on his own behalf and as next friend of Anwar Al-Aulaqi, Plaintiff, v. Barack H. OBAMA, in his official capacity as President of the United States; Robert M. Gates, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense; and Leon E. Panetta, in his official capacity as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 7, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, Benjamin E. Wizner , Jameel Jaffer , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Maria C. LaHood , Pardiss Kebriaei , Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Anthony J. Coppolino , Peter Decklin Leary , United States Department of Justice, Richard A. Samp , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, Herbert Lawrence Fenster , Mckenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATES, District Judge.

On August 30, 2010, plaintiff Nasser Al-Aulaqi ("plaintiff") filed this action, claiming that the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the CIA (collectively, "defendants") have unlawfully authorized the targeted killing of plaintiff's son, Anwar Al-Aulaqi, a dual U.S.-Yemeni citizen currently hiding in Yemen who has alleged ties to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ("AQAP"). Plaintiff seeks...

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