UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
IN RE: Misc. No. 08-0444 (TFH)
PETITIONERS SEEKING Civil Action Nos.
HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF
IN RELATION TO PRIOR 02-cv-1130, 04-cv-1135, 04-cv-1144, 04-cv-1194, 04-cv-1227,
DETENTIONS AT 04-cv-1254, 05-cv-0023, 05-cv-0345, 05-cv-0490, 05-cv-0520,
GUANTANAMO BAY 05-cv-0526, 05-cv-0584, 05-cv-0586, 05-cv-0640, 05-cv-0665,
05-cv-0714, 05-cv-0723, 05-cv-0764, 05-cv-0765, 05-cv-0878,
05-cv-0833, 05-cv-0887, 05-cv-0888, 05-cv-0891, 05-cv-0998,
05-cv-1001, 05-cv-1009, 05-cv-1124, 05-cv-1237, 05-cv-1242,
05-cv-1243, 05-cv-1246, 05-cv-1311, 05-cv-1487, 05-cv-1493,
05-cv-1505, 05-cv-1509, 05-cv-1635, 05-cv-1667, 05-cv-1678,
05-cv-1714, 05-cv-1779, 05-cv-1806, 05-cv-1864, 05-cv-1894,
05-cv-2029, 05-cv-2104, 05-cv-2197, 05-cv-2216, 05-cv-2336,
05-cv-2367, 05-cv-2369, 05-cv-2384, 05-cv-2385, 05-cv-2386,
05-cv-2452, 05-cv-2458, 05-cv-2466, 05-cv-2479, 06-cv-1675,
06-cv-1677, 06-cv-1678, 06-cv-1679, 06-cv-1683, 06-cv-1687,
06-cv-1763, 06-cv-1768, 06-cv-1769, 08-cv-0864, 08-cv-0987,
08-cv-1104, 08-cv-1185, 08-cv-1221, 08-cv-1223, 08-cv-1628,
08-cv-1733
ORDER
On January 12, 2009, the Court ordered the government and the petitioners whose
cases have been consolidated for coordination and management purposes in Miscellaneous
Number 08-0444 to each file one consolidated brief addressing “the issue of whether the
Court’s constitutionally-based jurisdiction over a habeas corpus petition filed by a foreign
national detained at [the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba] as recognized in
Boumediene v. Bush, 128 S.Ct. 2229 (2008), is eliminated by the petitioner’s transfer or
release from Guantanamo Bay.” Order (Dkt. No. 79, 08-mc-0444) (Jan. 12, 2009). Each
side filed a consolidated initial brief on February 6, 2009, and a consolidated reply brief on
February 23, 2009.
Since those briefs were filed in February, the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit has issued multiple opinions clarifying the habeas rights of the
Guantanamo Bay detainees. In light of those opinions, including Kiyemba v. Obama, 561
F.3d 509, 512 n.2 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (“the [Supreme] Court necessarily restored the status quo
ante, in which detainees at Guantanamo had the right to petitioner for habeas under § 2241.
See Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466, 124 S.Ct. 2686, 159 L.Ed.2d 548 (2004)”), the Court
ORDERS each side to file one consolidated supplemental brief addressing whether petitioners’
habeas rights are statutory based and how such a statutory based habeas right affects the
parties’ previously advanced arguments.
The consolidated supplemental briefs are due on or before Tuesday, November 10,
2009. Each side may submit a consolidated reply brief by Friday, November 20, 2009.
Because these issues have already been briefed in part, the initial briefs shall not exceed 25
pages and the reply briefs shall not exceed 10 pages, without prior approval of the Court.
SO ORDERED.
October 9, 2009 /s/
Thomas F. Hogan
United States District Judge
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