Al Wirghi v. Bush

Al Wirghi v. Bush (also known as Civil Action No. 05-CV-1497) is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/22/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 22 -- POST-CONFERENCE SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER EL OUERGHI
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Michael A. Cooper
date=2008-07-09
accessdate=2008-08-31
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F22%2F0.pdf&date=2008-08-31 mirror] ]

Publication of detainees' CSR Tribunal documents

In September 2007 the Department of Justice published dossiers of unclassified documents arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 detainees.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_publicly_filed_CSRT_records.pdf
title=Index for CSRT Records Publicly Files in Guantanamo Detainee Cases
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=August 8 2007
accessdate=2007-09-29] Al Wirghi's documents were not among those the Department of Defense published.The Department of Defense has not explained why Al Wirghi's documents were withheld.

Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo detainees were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.

Boumediene v. Bush

On June 12 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in "Boumediene v. Bush", that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo detainees to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo detainees' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.

On July 9, 2008 Michael A. Cooper submitted a "POST-CONFERENCE SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER EL OUERGHI" in Civil Action No. 05-1497 (RCL) on behalf of Adel El Ouerghi (ISN 502).cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/22/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 22 -- POST-CONFERENCE SUBMISSION ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER EL OUERGHI
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Michael A. Cooper
date=2008-07-09
accessdate=2008-08-31
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F22%2F0.pdf&date=2008-08-31 mirror] ]

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