Archive of Selected Judicial Opinions and Court Filings on Homeland Security 2004:

• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Brief of Amicus Curiae National
  Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of
  Petitioner/Appellee Urging Affirmance, US Court of Appeals
  for the District of Columbia  (Dec. 29, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Brief of Millitary Law Practitioners
  and Academicians Kevin J. Barry, David W. Glazier, Elizabeth
  L. Hillman, Jonathan Lurie, Diane H. Mazur, David P. Sheldon,
  Gary D. Solis, Christopher F. Wilson, and Donald N. Zillman as
  as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioner-Appellee Urging
  Affirmance, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  (Dec. 29, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Brief of Amici Curiae People for the
  American Way Foundation,The Rutherford Institute, and
  Eugene R. Fidell Advocating Affirmance in Support of the
  Plaintiff-Appellee Hamdan, US Court of Appeals for the District of
  Columbia (Dec. 29, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Brief Amicus Curiae of Louis Fisher
  in Suppor of Petitioner-Appellee Urging Affirmance, US Court of
  Appeals for the District of Columbia (Dec. 29, 2004)
  
  
• Opinions of the Lords Appeal for Judgment in the Cause,
  A and others v. Secretary of the State for the Home Department
  and X and others v. Secretary of the State for the Home
  Department (Dec. 16, 2004)
  
  
• Omar Abu Ali v. Ashcroft, US District Court for the District of
  Columbia (Dec. 16, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Amicus Curiae Brief of 271 United
  Kingdom and European Parliamentarians in Support of Petitioner,
  US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (Dec. 2, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Petition for Writ of Certiorari Before
  Judgment, US Supreme Court (Nov. 22, 2004)
  
  
• ACLU v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management,
  Complaint, US District Court for the District of Columbia
  (Nov. 10, 2004)
  
  
• Boim v. Quranic Literary Institute, et al.,
  Memorandum Opinion and Order, US District
  Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern
  Division (Nov. 10, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Memorandum Opinion and
  Order, US District Court for the District of
  Columbia (Nov. 8, 2004)
  
  
• John Doe, et al. v. Rumsfeld, et al., Memorandum
  Opinion, US District Court for the District of
  Columbia (Oct. 27, 2004)
  
  
• Shafiq Rasul, et al. v. Rumsfeld, et al., Complaint,
  US District Court for the District of Columbia
  (Oct. 26, 2004) 
  
  
• O.K., et al. v. George W. Bush, et al., Memorandum
  Opinion, US District Court for the District of
  Columbia (Oct. 26, 2004)
  
  
• Padilla v. Hanft, Petitioner's Memorandum of Law
  in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment
  with Attached Appendix, US District Court for
  the District of South Carolina (Oct. 20, 2004)
  
  
• Padilla v. Hanft, Petitioner's Motion for Summary
  Judgment, US District Court for the District of
  South Carolina (Oct. 20, 2004)
  
  
• Al Odah v. United States, Memorandum Opinion,
  US District Court for the District of Columbia
  (Oct. 20, 2004)
  
  
• Roy L. Bourgeois, et al. v. Bobby Peters, et al., Opinion,
  US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  (Oct. 15, 2004)
  
  
• Ali Saleh Kahlah Marri v. Rumsfeld, Certiorari Denied, US
  Supreme Court (Oct. 4, 2004)
  
  
• United States v. Saajid Mohammed Badat, Indictment, US
  District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Oct. 4, 2004)
   
  
• ACLU v. Ashcroft, Opinion, US District Court for the Southern
  Disrict of New York (Sept. 28, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Motion to Stay Proceedings, US District
  Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Sept. 24, 2004)
  
  
• In Re: Federal Grand Jury Proceedings No. 03-01 (Brandon
  Mayfield Material Witness Detention), Order, US District Court
  for the District of Oregon (Sept. 20, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Settlement Agreement, US District
  Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Sept. 17, 2004)
  
  
• US v. Moussaoui, Opinion, US Court of Appeals for the
  Fourth Circuit (Sept. 13, 2004)
  
  
• Humanitarian Law Project v. Ashcroft, Order for Rehearing
  En Banc, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  (Sept. 8, 2004)
  
  
• US v. Koubriti, et al., Memorandum Opinion and Order
  Regarding the Government's and Defendant's Post-Trial
  Motions, US District Court for the Eastern District of
  Michigan (Sept. 2, 2004)
  
  
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, Order, US Court of Appeals for the
  Fourth Circuit (Sept. 1, 2004)
  
  
• US v. Koubriti, et al., Government's Consolidated Response
  Concurring in the Defendant's Motions for a New Trial and
  Government's Motion to Dismiss Count One Without Prejudice
  and Memorandum of Law in Support Thereof (Aug. 31, 2004)
  
  
• Hicks v. Bush, Second Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas
  Corpus, US District Court for the District of Columbia (Aug.
  31, 2004)
  
  
• Padilla v. Hanft, Respondent's Answer to the Petition for Writ
  of Habeas Corpus, US District Court for the District of Columbia
  (Aug. 30, 2004)
  
  
• Gilmore v. Ashcroft, Appellant John Gilmore's Opening Brief,
  US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Aug. 16, 2004)
  
  
• DOD Additional Military Commission Referral of Charges
  (July 13, 2004) and Explanation of Charges, Membership, and
  Procedure of the Commission  (July 14, 2004)
  
  
• DOD Order Establishing Combatant Status Review Tribunal
  (July 7, 2004).
  
  
• DOD Factsheet re: Combatant Status Review Tribunal (July 7, 2004).
  
  
• Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Padilla v. Hanft (July 2, 2004).
  
  
• Slip Opinion U.S. Supreme Court, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (June 28, 2004).
  
  
• Slip Opinion U.S. Supreme Court, Rasul v. Bush (June 28, 2004).
  
  
• Slip Opinion U.S. Supreme Court, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (June 28, 2004).
  
  
• Indictment, United States v. Abdi (June 10, 2004) (indicting a Somali man who allegedly conspired to bomb a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio).
  
  
• Charging Document, United States v. Hicks (June 10, 2004) (charging Australian David Hicks for trial before a military tribunal).
  
  
• Complaint, al Rawi v. Titan Corp (June 9, 2004) (lawsuit by Iraqi prisoners against military contractors for alleged involvement in prison abuse).
  
  
• Opinion and Order, United States v. Sattar, Stewart, and Yousry (S.D.N.Y. April 2004).
  
  
• Complaint, [Redacted Party] & ACLU v. Ashcroft (S.D.N.Y. April 6, 2004) (redacted complaint released April 29, 2004)(complaint alleging that section 2709 of the PATRIOT Act, which allows the FBI to issue "National Security Letters," is unconstitutional).
  
  
• United States v. Moussaoui (4th Cir. 2004) (finding that prosecutors may seek the death penalty against Moussaoui and remanding the case to consider the Government's proposed substitutions for Moussaoui's desired witnesses).
  
  
• Complaint, Hamdan ex rel. Swift v. Rumsfeld (Mar. 5, 2004) (suit arguing that the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals violate the Geneva Convention and the U.S. Constitution).
  
  
• Petitioner's Brief on the Merits, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (Mar. 2004).
  
  
• United States v. al Bahlul (released Feb. 24, 2004) (charging a Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried before a military commission).
  
  
• United States v. al Qosi (released Feb. 24, 2004) (charging a Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried before a military commission).
  
  
• Petitioner's Brief on the Merits, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (Feb. 2004).
  
  
• Complaint, Convertino v. Dep't of Justice (Feb. 13, 2004) (Justice Department attorney suing the Justice Department over events related to recent Detroit terror cell prosecutions).
  
  
• Brief in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004).
  
  
• Humanitarian Law Project v. Ashcroft (C.D. Cal. 2004) (finding a portion of the USA PATRIOT Act unconstitutional).
  
  
• Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004).
  
  
• Government's Motion Requesting Expedited Review of Its Petition for Certiorari, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004).
  
  
• Government's Motion Asking the Second Circuit To Stay Its Mandate -- Which Ordered the Release of Jose Padilla -- Pending the Supreme Court's Decision on the Government's Petition for Certiorari, Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2004).
  
  
• Petitioner's Brief on the Merits Filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, Rasul v. Bush (2004).
  
  
• Petitioner's Brief on the Merits Filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, Al Odah v. United States (2004).