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Docket for 14-6575
No. 14-6575
Vide 14-148
Title:
Redha al-Najar, Petitioner
v.
Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Docketed:October 6, 2014
Linked with 13A1160
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
  Case Nos.:(12-5401)
  Decision Date:December 24, 2013
  Rehearing Denied:March 13, 2014

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 19 2014 Application (13A1160) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 11, 2014 to August 10, 2014, submitted to The Chief Justice.
May 23 2014 Application (13A1160) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 10, 2014.
Aug 11 2014 Motion (14M21) for leave to proceed in forma pauperis without affidavits of indigency executed by petitioners filed.
Aug 11 2014 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 5, 2014)
Aug 20 2014 MOTION (14M21) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
Oct 6 2014 Motion (14M21) for leave to proceed in forma pauperis without affidavits of indigency executed by petitioners Granted. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Oct 14 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for respondents.
Oct 17 2014 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioners.
Nov 5 2014 Brief amicus curiae of United Nations Special Rapporteur, Juan E. Mendez filed.
Nov 5 2014 Brief amicus curiae of Human Rights First filed.
Nov 6 2014 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 5, 2014.
Dec 5 2014 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 15, 2014.
Dec 15 2014 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including January 14, 2015.
Dec 19 2014 Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari only as to Fadi al-Maqaleh and Amin al-Bakri received.
Dec 23 2014 Letter of consent to the motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari only as to Fadi al-Maqaleh and Amin al-Bakri received.
Dec 29 2014 Motion to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari only as to Fadi al-Maqaleh and Amin al-Bakri dismissed pursuant to Rule 46 DISMISSED.
Jan 15 2015 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including February 13, 2015.
Feb 13 2015 Brief of respondents Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of Defense, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Feb 27 2015 Reply of petitioners Redha al-Najar filed. VIDED.
Mar 4 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 20, 2015.
Mar 23 2015 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED The petitions in this case and in case No. 14-148 seek review of the judgments of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Al-Najar v. Obama, No. 12-5401 (CADC 2013), and Amanatullah v. Obama, No. 12-5407 (CADC 2013). They do not seek review of the judgments in Al Maqaleh v. Hagel, No. 12-5404 (CADC 2013), or Al Bakri v. Obama, No. 12-5399 (CADC 2013), which were consolidated with petitioners' appeals. Subsequent to the decisions of the court below, petitioners were transferred from the custody of the United States to the custody of other nations. As a result, these cases have become moot. We therefore grant the petitions and vacate the judgments of the Court of Appeals with respect to these petitioners. See United States v. Munsingwear, 340 U. S. 36 (1950); Al-Marri v. Spagone, 555 U. S. 1220 (2009). The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in 14-6575 is granted. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
Apr 24 2015 JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Tina M. Foster International Justice Network(917) 442-9580
    Counsel of Record5500 West Ridge Road
Spencerport, NY  14559
tina.foster@ijnetwork.org
Party name: Redha al-Najar
Attorneys for Respondents:
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Other:
William J. Aceves California Western School of Law(619) 525-1413
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA  92101
wja@cwsl.edu
Party name: Human Rights First
 
Erin E. Valentine Chafefetz Lindsey LLP(212) 257-6960
505 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY  10017
e.valentine@chaffetzlindsey.com
Party name: United Nations Special Rapporteur, Juan E. Mendez

 

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