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ALMERFEDI v. OBAMA

Civil Action No. 05-1645(PLF).

725 F.Supp.2d 18 (2010)

Hussain Salem Mohammad ALMERFEDI, Petitioner, v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Simmons , Stephen McCoy Elliott , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Judith Brown Chomsky , Law Offices of Judith Chomsky, Elkins Park, PA, Alan Arnold Pemberton , Brian E. Foster , Mary L. McKinney , Schuyler William Livingston , Jr., Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, David H. Remes , Appeal for Justice, Silver Spring, MD, for Petitioner.

CLASSIFIED OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner Hussain Salem Mohammad Almerfedi has been in the custody of the United States since 2002, and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba since 2003. He has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, by which he challenges the legality of his detention and asks the Court to order him released. The government asserts that it has the authority to detain petitioner pursuant...

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