Abdullah Wazir Zadran v. George W. Bush

Abdullah Wazir Zadran v. George W. Bush (Civil Action No. 05-CV-2367) is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of several Guantanamo captives.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/148/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 148 -- status report
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Rebecca P. Dick
date=2008-07-18
accessdate=2008-09-27
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F148%2F0.pdf&date=2008-09-27 mirror] ]

Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.cite news
url=http://natseclaw.typepad.com/natseclaw/files/Hamdan.28j.letter.pdf
title=NOTICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Peter D. Keisler, Douglas N. Letter
date=2006-10-16
accessdate=2008-09-30
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatseclaw.typepad.com%2Fnatseclaw%2Ffiles%2FHamdan.28j.letter.pdf&date=2008-09-30 mirror] ]

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 captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.

On July 18 2008 Rebecca P. Dick filed a status report on a number of captives, including four whose cases were amalgamated in 05-CV-2367::

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