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D.C. Circuit Reverses Lower Court, Holds Bagram Detainees Not Entitled to Habeas Corpus Relief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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References

1 Maqaleh v. Gates, 605 F.3d 84 (D.C. Cir. May 21, 2010); see Savage, Charlie An Appeals Panel Denies U.S. Court Access, N.Y. Times, May 22, 2010, at A1 Google Scholar; Finn, Peter Bagram Detainees Lose Appeals, Wash. Post, May 22, 2010, at A5 Google Scholar; Backward at Bagram, Editorial, N.Y. Times, June 1, 2010, at A22 Google Scholar.

2 For analysis of the court’s decision, see Patel, Faiza The Writ Stops Here: No Habeas for Prisoners Held by U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, ASIL Insights (June 3, 2010)Google Scholar.

3 339 U.S. 763 (1950).

4 53 U.S. 723 (2008).

5 605 F.3d at 93–94.

6 Id. at 96.

7 [Editor’s Note: See John R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 103 AJIL 771 (2009).]

8 605 F.3d at 96 (citation omitted).

9 Id. at 96–97.

10 Id. at 97–98 (citation omitted).