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No Thoughts on Alsabri–Which is a Thought of Its Own

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 6:22 PM

Having disgraced myself by missing the argument in Alsabri, I figured I should at least read the opinion. It is a mark of how far the D.C. Circuit has come in establishing the contours of the law of … Read more »

Alsabri Opinion Available

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Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Last week we mentioned that the D.C. Circuit Court had affirmed the District Court’s decision in Mashur Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri’s habeas corpus case. It looked as though the Court was holding off on publishing its opinion so it could be … Read more »

District Court Judgment in Alsabri Affirmed

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Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:22 AM

The D.C. Circuit Court has affirmed the judgment of the District Court in Alsabri v. Obama. The per curiam judgment in his case before Senior Circuit Judge Ginsburg and Circuit Judges  Garland and Kavanagh has been filed and is … Read more »

Douglas Cox on Alsabri

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 7:15 AM

Over at the Document Exploitation blog, Douglas Cox of the CUNY Law School has this very interesting post on redactions in the Alsabri Guantanamo habeas case–which was decided at the District Court level about a year ago and is now Read more »

An Apology: Alsabri

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 2:26 PM

I’m afraid I owe Lawfare readers an apology. Because of a calendar foul-up, I missed yesterday’s D.C. Circuit argument in Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas case–nor did I write an oral argument preview. The briefs, however, are available Read more »

Reply Brief available for Alsabri v. Obama

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Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM

The briefing in Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas appeal, is now complete. Mashour Abudllah Muqbel Alsabri is appealing Judge Ricardo Urbina’s memorandum opinion.

We earlier posted Alsabri’s appeals brief (available here) and the government’s brief (available hereRead more »

Appellant and Appellee Briefs available for Alsabri v. Obama

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Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 9:25 AM

The appellant and appellee briefs for Alsabri v. Obama, a Guantanamo habeas case in the D.C. Circuit, are now available. You can read Ben’s thoughts on the District Court’s decision here and Bobby’s thoughts on the case here. … Read more »

GTMO Habeas Numbers Update

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 2:44 PM

There’s been quite a bit of activity in the Guantanamo habeas courtrooms since Larkin last posted these statistics in mid-April. Last week’s voluntary dismissal of Fahmi Al Assani’s and Suleiman Al Nadhi’s appeals, as well as the D.C. Circuit’s Al Read more »

Thoughts on Alsabri

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Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 9:14 AM

I have been meaning for some time to post thoughts on the recent habeas denial in the case of Mashour Abudllah Muqbel Alsabri. It has slipped, however, because the opinion by Judge Ricardo Urbina, at 60 pages, is both chunky Read more »

Another GTMO habeas denial…

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Monday, February 21, 2011 at 3:23 PM

* Alsabri v. Obama (D.D.C. Feb. 3, 2011) (GTMO habeas petition denied)

 In a 60-page opinion issued earlier this month but released in unclassified form last Friday, Judge Urbina has denied habeas relief to Mashour Abudllah Muqbel Alsabri, a GTMO … Read more »

New Habeas Denial–Alsabri

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Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 8:36 PM

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina has denied the habeas petition of Mashour Abdullah Mugbel Alsabri (ISN #324). We will post the opinion as soon as a declassified version is available and post updated numbers on our non-scorecard as well.

UPDATE:  … Read more »