Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Ghailani, No. S10 98 Crim. 1023 (S.D.N.Y.) (743 F.Supp.2d 216) (October 6, 2010) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan) by In the 09/06/10 issue of P&J, we noted that Judge Lewis Kaplan had ordered a hearing in this case to determine whether testimony from a key Government witness in the …

U.S. v. Ghailani, No. S10 98 Crim. 1023 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y.) (2010 WL 4006381) (October 6, 2010) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan) by Here the Court barred the Government from using the testimony of a crucial witness in the terrorism trial of Ahmed Ghailani because it failed to prove that the witness’s …

U.S. v. Ghailani, No. S10 98 Crim. 1023 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y.) (743 F.Supp.2d 242) (August 17, 2010) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan) by Here the Court ordered a hearing to determine whether testimony from a key Government witness should be suppressed on the grounds that the witness’ identity was revealed by the …

Crowe v. County of San Diego, No. 05-55467 (9th Cir.) (593 F.3d 841) (January 14, 2010) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas) by Here the Court held that the police were not entitled to assert the defense of qualified immunity in a civil rights lawsuit because it was clearly established that the …

Bacha v. Obama, No. Civ. No. 05-2385 (ESH) (D.D.C.) (2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61310) (July 17, 2009) (Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle) by The petitioner in this case, Saki Bacha (a.k.a. Mohammed Jawad) is one of the many detainees at Guantanamo Bay who have petitioned for habeas corpus relief based in …