Guantanamo: Litigation: D.C. Circuit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Razak Ali's petition for an initial hearing en banc in Ali v. Trump et al. Ali, held at Guantanamo since June 2002, is an alleged al-Qaeda member born in Algeria and captured in Afghanistan. The order, along with a concurrence by Judge David Tatel and joined by Judge Cornelia Pillard, is posted in full below.

On Tuesday, 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed petitioned the D.C. Circuit for a writ of mandamus, asking that his trial by military commission be halted until the Court of Military Commissions Review appoints a panel to address contested issues in his case. The full document is below.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia circuit denied the habeas petition of Guantanamo detainee Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alawi, upholding the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that al-Alawi is an enemy combatant who can be lawfully detained under the authority of the 2001 AUMF.

On Friday, military judge Col. Vance Spath filed a memorandum of opposition to plaintiff Brig. Gen. John G. Baker’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. You can view the full document here: