Punch and Jurists

Padilla v. Yoo, No. 09-16478 (9th Cir.) (678 F.3d 748) (May 2, 2012) (Judge Raymond C. Fisher) by Here the Court held that John Yoo, who authored several legal memoranda authorizing coercive interrogation techniques, was entitled to qualified immunity for his actions in a civil rights lawsuit brought by Jose …

Lebron v. Rumsfeld, No. 11-6480 (4th Cir.) (670 F.3d 540) (January 23, 2012) (Judge J. Harvie III Wilkinson) by Fourth Circuit affirms the dismissal of Jose Padilla’s Bivens action Aaainst Donald Rumsfeld and other defendants arising out of his detention as an “Enemy Combatant” by the Military. In Lebron v. …

Lebron v. Rumsfeld, No. 2:07-410-RMG (D.S.C.) (764 F.Supp.2d 787) (February 17, 2011) (Judge Richard Mark Gergel) by Here the Court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought by Jose Padilla alleging torture and other constitutional violations after concluding that his rights as an enemy combatant were not clearly established at the …