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Doe v. Mattis Ends With a Transfer and a Cancelled Passport: Lessons Learned
Robert Chesney Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 11:14 AM
His name, it turns out, is Abdulrahman Ahmad Alsheikh.
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Document: Judge Orders Government Not to Transfer Detainee in Doe v. Mattis
Matthew Kahn Thu, Jan 18, 2018, 2:42 PM
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the D.C. federal district court issued an ordered in Doe v. Mattis on Jan. 18. Chutkan ordered the government not to transfer John Doe until Jan. 23, when the order suggests that the court will have ruled on Doe's pending motion for continued interim relief. The full order is included below:
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Document: Doe v. Mattis Memorandum in Opposition to Motion
Vanessa Sauter Mon, Jan 8, 2018, 6:22 PM
The U.S. government has filed its response in John Doe and ACLU v. Mattis in response to the habeas filing we posted last week. You can read the full document here:
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Questions Senators Should Ask at the AUMF Hearing Regarding the US Citizen Enemy Combatant
Robert Chesney Fri, Oct 20, 2017, 12:19 PM
On October 30th, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing titled "The Authorizations for Use of Military Force: Adminstration Perspective," featuring Secretaries Mattis and Tillerson. This is a good thing. We should have an updated AUMF. But, failing that, we should at least have regular and serious hearings in which Congress elicits information about how the President currently construes these authorities.
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Assessing the ACLU Habeas Petition on Behalf of the Unnamed U.S. Citizen Held as an Enemy Combatant in Iraq
Robert Chesney Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 2:57 PM
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a John Doe habeas petition on behalf of the still-not-identified American citizen the U.S. military is holding as an enemy combatant in Iraq (for background, see here). The case is Doe v. Mattis, No. 17-cv-02069, and it was filed in federal district court in D.C. Here is my preliminary assessment.