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Ahmed v. Obama, No. Civ. No. 05-1678 (GK) (D.D.C.) (613 F.Supp.2d 51) (May 11, 2009) (Judge Gladys Kessler)

Loaded on April 1, 2009 published in Punch and Jurists April 20, 2009
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Lack of Evidence.

In this heavily redacted, 45-page decision, Judge Kessler concluded that the Government had failed to prove that it had a valid basis on which to continue to hold Alla Ali Ahmed, a Yemeni citizen, at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Prison. Accordingly, she granted Ali Ahmed’s habeas petition and ordered the ...

 

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