IN RE GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Misc. No. 12-mc-398 (RCL). Civil Nos. 05-cv-1429 (RCL), 06-cv-1766 (RCL), 07-cv-2338 (RCL).

953 F.Supp.2d 40 (2013)

In re GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION. Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, et al., Respondents. Fadhel Hussein Saleh Hentif, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, et al., Respondents. Abdurrahman Abdallah Ali Mahmoud Al Shubati, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent Nelson Rushforth , McKool Smith , Mason C. Clutter , National Association of Criminal Defense Layers, Washington, DC, for Guantanamo Bay Detainee.

Alan Arnold Pemberton , Brian E. Foster , Schuyler William Livingston, Jr. , Covington & Burling, Aaron M. Tidman , John B. Missing , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Stephen M. Truitt, Esq. , Washington, DC, David H. Remes , Silver Spring, MD, Jennifer R. Cowan , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Rebecca Briggs , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, Scott B. Rapkin , Michael S. Rapkin , Law Offices of Michael S. Rapkin, Santa Monica, CA, for Petitioner.

Alexander Kenneth Haas , David Hugh White , Hector G. Bladuell , John P. Lohrer , Julia A. Berman , Kathryn Celia Davis , Kristina Ann Wolfe , Linda Beth Alberty , Mark A. Vetter , Nicole Newcomb Murley , Paul Edward Ahern , Paul A. Dean , Ronald James Wiltsie , Scott Douglas Levin , Scott Michael Marconda , William G. Kanellis , U.S. Department of Justice, Andrew I. Warden , James J. Gilligan , Jean Lin , Joseph Charles Folio, III , Judry Laeb Subar , Norman Christopher Hardee , Patrick D. Davis , Phillip Michael Truman , Robert J. Prince , Rodney Patton , Sarah Maloney , Terry Marcus Henry , Timothy Andrew Johnson , Timothy Burke Walthall , Daniel Mark Barish , David P. Avila , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Stephen P. Finn , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Wynne Patrick Kelly , U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Howard J. Needle , Howard J. Needle, P.C., Owings Mills, MD, for Respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On May 23, 2013, President Obama promised, concerning detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, that "[w]here appropriate, we will bring terrorists to justice in our courts and our military justice system. And we will insist that judicial review be available for every detainee." Remarks by the President at the National Defense University (May 23, 2013) (transcript...

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