- Al-Marri v. Bush
Al-Marri v. Bush(Civil Action No. 04-cv-2035)is a writ of
habeas corpus filed on behalf ofGuantanamo captive Jarallah Al-Marri .A [US District Court Judge ordered that the Department of Defense was not allowed to destroy evidence.cite news
url=http://www.pegc.us/archive/DC_Gitmo_Cases_JHG/AlSalami_EmergencyMotionforPreservation.pdf
title=Salah Ali Abdullah Ahmed Al Salami v. George W. Bush -- Civil Action No. 05-CV-2452
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=
date=
accessdate=2008-09-30
quote=The only other requirement for issuing a preservation order is easily met. As the District Court has found in a similar proceeding, “entering a preservation order [against Respondents] will inflict no harm or prejudice upon them.” Jarallah Al-Marri v. Bush, Civ. No. 04-2035 (GK). [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pegc.us%2Farchive%2FDC_Gitmo_Cases_JHG%2FAlSalami_EmergencyMotionforPreservation.pdf&date=2008-09-30 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 theUnited States Supreme Court ruled, inBoumediene v. Bush , that theMilitary Commissions Act could not remove the right forGuantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.On
August 4 2008 US District Court Judge Gladys Kessler issued an order that since the DoD has said Al-Marri had recently been repatriated toQatar his attorneys had untilAugust 15 2008 to show cause why his habeas petition should not be dropped.cite web
url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/247/0.pdf
title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 247
publisher=United States Department of Justice
author=Gladys Kessler
date=2008-08-04
accessdate=2008-09-30
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F247%2F0.pdf&date=2008-09-30 mirror] ]References
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