Ricardo M. Urbina

Ricardo M. Urbina (born 1946 in New York City) [ [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2435 Federal Judicial Center biography] ] is a United States District Court Judge in Washington, DC.cite web
url=http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/urbina-bio.html
title=Ricardo M. Urbina
publisher=US District Court
accessdate=2008-06-28
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Notable cases

Urbina presided over a number of habeas corpus petitions submitted on behalf of prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.cite web
url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/OK_v_Bush/govt_resp_to_GK_20060815.pdf
title=Respondents' response to Court's August 7, 2006 order
date=August 15 2006
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2008-06-23] In October 2008, he ordered the release of a small group of Uighur detainees from Guantanamo into the United States because they are no longer regarded as enemy combatants. [cite web
title=Judge: Let Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo into US
url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/guantanamo_chinese_detainee
publisher=Yahoo!
date=October 7, 2008
accessdate=2008-10-07]

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