Punch and Jurists

Al Bakri v. Obama, No. Civ. No. 08-1307 (D.D.C.) (660 F.Supp.2d 1) (April 2, 2009) (Judge John D. Bates) by Amin Al Bakri is another of the many detainees at Guantanamo Bay who have challenged their detention; and they all appear to face the same general roadblock: the Government fights …

Wilson v. Central Intelligence Agency, No. 07-4244-cv (2nd Cir.) (586 F.3d 171) (November 12, 2009) (Judge Reena Raggi) by In a First Amendment action claiming that the CIA was required to allow former employee Valerie Plame Wilson to publish a memoir about her tenure at the agency, summary judgment for …

U.S. v. Aref, No. 07-0981-cr(L) (2nd Cir.) (533 F.3d 72) (July 2, 2008) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin) by This appeal stems from the convictions at trial in 2006 of Yassin Muhiddin Aref, an imam at a mosque in Albany, NY, and Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, a co-founder of that mosque, on …

U.S. v. Scarfo, No. Crim. No. 00-404(NHP) (D.N.J.) (180 F.Supp.2d 572) (December 26, 2001) (Judge Nicholas H. Politan) by In a case of first impression, Judge Politan of the D.N.J. ruled that the FBI did not need a wiretap order to attach a keystroke-recording device to a reputed mobster’s computer …