MOUSOVI v. OBAMA

Civil Action No. 05-1124 (RMC).

916 F.Supp.2d 67 (2013)

Ali Shah MOUSOVI, et al., Petitioners, v. Barack H. OBAMA, et al., Respondents. In Re Petition of Wali Mohammed Morafa (ISN 560).

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Brown, pro hac vice, Brian C. Raphel, pro hac vice, William T. McEnroe, pro hac vice, Alexander Breckinridge, Joseph K. Hetrick, Sheku Sheikholeslami, Dechert, LLP, Abraham J. Rein, Post & Schell, PC, Peter M. Ryan, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Katherine M. Wyman, Dechert LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Daniel Mark Barish, David Chadwick Roby, Scott Michael Marconda, Terry Marcus Henry, Alexander Kenneth Haas, Andrew I. Warden, David Hugh White, Jean Lin, Julia A. Berman, Kathryn Celia Davis, Kristina Ann Wolfe, Lisa Zeidner Marcus, Patrick D. Davis, Robert J. Prince, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


OPINION

ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.

On a petition for a writ for habeas corpus filed by a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, may the Respondents rely on Top Secret source-identifying information for which there is no adequate substitute and that cannot be released to Petitioner's counsel, even if it might assist his petition? After lengthy argument, briefing, and consideration, this Court answered the question...

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