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No. 20-827
Title:	United States, Petitioner v. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, aka Abu Zubaydah, et al.
Docketed:	December 18, 2020

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(18-35218)
Decision Date:	September 18, 2019
Rehearing Denied:	July 20, 2020
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Dec 17 2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)
	Petition Appendix Proof of Service
Jan 06 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to February 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 08 2021	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2021.

Feb 11 2021	Brief of respondents Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al. in opposition filed.
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Mar 03 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.

Mar 04 2021	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 22 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.

Mar 29 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.

Apr 12 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.

Apr 19 2021	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.

Apr 26 2021	Petition GRANTED.

May 07 2021	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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May 10 2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner United States.
	Proof of Service Main Document
May 11 2021	Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 2, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 13, 2021.

May 24 2021	Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Jul 02 2021	Brief of petitioner United States filed.
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Jul 13 2021	ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October 6, 2021.

Jul 28 2021	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

Jul 29 2021	The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Aug 03 2021	CIRCULATED

Aug 13 2021	Brief of respondents Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 17 2021	Brief amici curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed. (Distributed corrected brief on 8/31/21).

Aug 17 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed with correction. (Distributed)
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Aug 19 2021	Brief amici curiae of Evidence Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 19 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Current and Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 19 2021	Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and Counsel for Ammar al Baluchi filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Justice and Accountability filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of Torture Survivors Maher Arar, et al., filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Rights filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of National Religious Campaign Against Torture, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of Physicians for Human Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Rendition Project filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Bilal Abdul Kareem filed. (Distributed)
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Aug 20 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of Human Rights Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Sep 03 2021	Letter noting withdrawal of Judge James T. Giles and Judge Stephen M. Orlofsky from amici curiae brief filed on behalf of Former Federal Judges.
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Sep 13 2021	Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 06 2021	Argued. For petitioner: Brian H. Fletcher, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: David F. Klein, Washington, D. C.

Oct 15 2021	Letter of petitioner United States, per oral argument, filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 25 2021	Letter of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al. not accepted for filing. (November 12, 2021 - no service on counsel of record indicated, paper copy not received).

Nov 10 2021	Respondents' letter in response to petitioner's 10/15/21 letter filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 03 2022	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Parts II-B-2 and III. Roberts, C. J., joined that opinion in full, Kavanaugh and Barrett, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-B-2, Kagan, J., joined as to all but Parts III and IV and the judgment of dismissal, and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined Part IV. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Alito, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, in which Barrett, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.

Apr 04 2022	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record	Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Attorneys for Respondents
David Franklin Klein Counsel of Record	Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1200 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 david.klein@pillsburylaw.com	202-663-8000
Party name: Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al.
Christopher W. Tompkins	Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S. 701 Pike Street, Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98101	206-292-9988
Party name: James Elmer Mitchell and John Jessen
Other
Baher Azmy Counsel of Record	Seton Hall University School of LawCenter for So 833 McCarter Highway Newark, NJ 07102 baherazmy@gmail.com	6097120345
Party name: Center for Constitutional Rights
David John Butler Counsel of Record	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 65 East State Street Suite 1000 Columbus, OH 43215 dbutler@taftlaw.com	614-334-6167
Party name: National Religious Campaign Against Torture, et al.
Carmen Ka Man Cheung Counsel of Record	Center for Justice and Accountability One Hallidie Plaza #750 San Francisco, CA 94102 ccheung@cja.org	4156506158
Party name: Center for Justice and Accountability
Timothy K. Ford Counsel of Record	MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue Suite 1500 Seattle, WA 98104 cathyh@mhb.com	2066221604
Party name: Evidence Law Professors
Hannah Ruth Garry Counsel of Record	University of Southern California Gould School of Law Int. Human Rights Clinic 699 Exposition Blvd., #442 Los Angeles, CA 90089 hgarry@law.usc.edu	(303) 819-4062
Party name: Torture Survivors Maher Arar, et al.,
Daniel M. Greenfield Counsel of Record	MacArthur Justice Center Northwestern Pritzker School of Law 375 E. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611-3069 daniel-greenfield@law.northwestern.edu	(312) 503-8538
Party name: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Rendition Project
Eric Leslie Lewis Counsel of Record	Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC 1101 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005 eric.lewis@lbkmlaw.com	2028338900
Party name: Bilal Abdul Kareem
Wendy Liu Counsel of Record	Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 wliu@citizen.org	202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen
Lawrence S. Lustberg Counsel of Record	Gibbons P.C. One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102 llustberg@gibbonslaw.com	973-596-4500
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and Counsel for Ammar al Baluchi
Lena Fatina Masri Counsel of Record	CAIR Legal Defense Fund 453 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20003 ldf@cair.com	2027426420
Party name: Council on American-Islamic Relations
Hope R. Metcalf Counsel of Record	Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic 127 Wall Street P.O. Box 209090 New Haven, CT 06520-9090 hope.metcalf@yale.edu	203-432-9404
Party name: Current and Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs
Matthew Robert Nicely Counsel of Record	Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 2001 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mnicely@akingump.com	2028874046
Party name: Coalition of Human Rights Scholars
David A. Schulz Counsel of Record	Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 david.schulz@yale.edu	(203) 432-4992
Party name: Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and National Security Archive
Gerson H. Smoger Counsel of Record	Suite 550 14800 Quorum Drive Dallas, TX 75240 gerson@texasinjurylaw.com	9722435297
Party name: Physicians for Human Rights, et al.,
Steven S. Sparling Counsel of Record	Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 ssparling@kramerlevin.com	2127159100
Party name: September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Mark S. Sullivan Counsel of Record	Dorsey & Whitney LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 sullivan.mark@dorsey.com	2124159200
Party name: Human Rights Organizations
Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow Counsel of Record	O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mvergow@omm.com	(202)-383-5300
Party name: Former Federal Judges
Richard Roy Wiebe Counsel of Record	Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe 44 Montgomery Street Suite 650 San Francisco, CA 94104 wiebe@pacbell.net	4155058793
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation