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HAMIDULLAH v. OBAMA

Civil Action No. 10-758 (JDB).

899 F.Supp.2d 3 (2012)

HAMIDULLAH, Detainee, United States Air Force Base at Bagram, Afghanistan, and Wakeel Khan as Next Friend to Hamidullah, Petitioners, v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, Col. Jack L. Briggs II, Commander, and John and/or Jane Does Nos. 1-5, Custodians, Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 19, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William James Murphy, John J. Connolly, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Petitioners.

Jean Lin, John Russell Tyler, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

Before the Court is [11] respondents' motion to dismiss [8] Hamidullah's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus ("Habeas Pet."). Hamidullah, a citizen of Pakistan, has been detained by the United States at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan ("Bagram") for several years. Habeas Pet. ¶ 25.

Whether federal courts may entertain habeas petitions filed by alien detainees held abroad has been...

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