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NAJI AL WARAFI v. OBAMA

Civil No. 09-2368 (RCL).

704 F.Supp.2d 32 (2010)

Mukhtar Yahia NAJI AL WARAFI (ISN 117), Petitioner, v. Barack OBAMA, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 24, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Arnold Pemberton, Brian E. Foster, Philip A. Scarborough, Schuyler William Livingston, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, David H. Remes, Appeal for Justice, Silver Spring, MD, Marc D. Falkoff, Northern Illinois University College of Law Swen Parson Hall, Dekalb, IL, for Petitioner.

Kathryn Celia Mason, Sarah Maloney, David Hugh White, U.S. Department of Justice Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi ("petitioner") is challenging the legality of his detention at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba ("Guantanamo"), where respondents have detained him since 2002. Respondents contend that petitioner's detention is lawful under the Authorization for the Use of Military Force ("AUMF"), Pub.L. No. 107-40 § 2(a), 115 Stat. 224 (2002). The AUMF...

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