Jeffrey J. Davis

Jeffrey J. Davis is a notable North Carolina attorney specializing in Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Securities Litigation and Arbitration Construction. [http://web.archive.org/web/20061115191009/http://www.mvalaw.com/AttDetails.php?id=36 Jeffrey J. Davis (Jeff)] official biograpy "Moore & Van Allen"]

Law practice

Davis earned his Bachelor of Science and his law degree from the University of Illinois, in 1972 and 1975. His specialities are Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, andConstruction.He currently works for the law firm of Moore & Van Allen

Human rights work

Davis is one of the pro bono attorneys for Guantanamo detainees organized by the Center for Constitutional Rights.He was one of the attorneys for Mani Al-Utaybi, one of the three Guantanamo detainees who died, apparently a suicide, on June 10 2006.The Department of Defense initially asserted that none of the three dead men had attorneys or had habeas corpus requests filed on their behalf.

Davis contradicted the DoD on both points. Further he described how the attempts of Al-Utaybi's defense team was frustrated at every turn.

Davis described how the DoD struggled to refuse to recognize Al-Utaybi's defense team to meet with Al-Utaybi, and would not deliver their mail to him, claiming that their spelling of his name did not match the transliteration the DoD used.

Al-Utaybi never learned that he had been cleared for transfer to a Saudi Arabian detention facility. [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=866682006 Guantanamo inmate killed himself 'unaware he was due to be freed'] , "The Scotsman", June 13 2006] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100357.html DOD Identifies 3 Guantanamo Suicides] , "Washington Post", June 11, 2006] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A9C98586-81EC-48F1-927A-A96DFA6EC68D.htm Guantanamo inmate was to be moved] , "Al Jazeera", June 12, 2006] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-13-guantanamo-lawyer_x.htm Lawyer says U.S. thwarted defense of Guantanamo suicide victim] , "USA Today", June 13, 2006]

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