Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, No. 02-6827 (4th Cir.) (294 F.3d 598) (June 26, 2002) (Judge J. Harvie III Wilkinson)
Here the Court held that the Federal Public Defender did not have a sufficiently significant relationship with a detainee, captured as an alleged enemy combatant during military operations in Afghanistan, to establish "next friend" standing.
This case deals with the legal rights of one of the growing number …
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