Anam v. Bush

Anam v. Bush, No. 1:04-cv-01194, is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of a dozen Guantanamo detainees.^[1] The petition was filed before US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy on July 14, 2004. It was one of over 200 habeas corpus petitions filed on behalf of detainees held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

Anam v. Bush
Court	United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Full case name	Suhail Abdu Anam, et al v. George W. Bush, et al.
Docket nos.	1:04-cv-01194
Case history
Related actions	Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
Court membership
Judge sitting	Henry H. Kennedy

Details of the captives

Captives whose cases were amalgamated in Anam v. Bush^[1]

name	isn	notes
Ali Ahmed Mohammed Al Rezehi	045	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Ali Husayn Abdullah Al Tays	162	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2] Was repatriated in December 2006.[3]
Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi	167	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Al Sarim	235	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Khaled Ahmed Qassim Muse'd	242	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Riyad Atag Ali Abdoh Al Haj	256	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Abdul Khaleq Ahmed Sahleh Al-Baidhani	553	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Jalal Salim Bin Amer	564	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Suhail Abdoh Anam	569	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2] On 19 September 2008 Darold W. Killmer filed a "PETITIONER SUHAIL ABDU ANAM'S OPPOSITION TO RESPONDENTS' REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION FROM SEQUENCING" on behalf of Suhail Abdu Anam (ISN 569) in Civil Action No. 04-1194 (HHK).[4] Anam's lawyers were objecting to the government's delay in filing a "factual return" in his case.
Abdualaziz Abdoh Abdullah Ali Al Swidhi	578	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Emad Abdullah Hassan	680	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed Al Tawlaqi	688	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Bashir Nasir Ali Al Marwalah	837	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]
Musa'ab Omar Al Mudwani	839	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.[2]

Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.^[5]

Boumediene v. Bush

On June 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system and all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.^[6]

References

1. Sarah Havens (2008-07-18). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 113 -- July 18, 2008 Status Report, Civil Action No. 04-CV-1194" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
2. "Respondents' response to Court's August 7, 2006 order" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. August 15, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
3. "Ex-Guantanamo detainees in detention". Yemen Times. 2007-01-07. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-18.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. Darold W. Killmer (2008-09-19). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 704 -- PETITIONER SUHAIL ABDU ANAM'S OPPOSITION TO RESPONDENTS' REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION FROM SEQUENCING" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
5. Peter D. Keisler, Douglas N. Letter (2006-10-16). "NOTICE OF MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT OF 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-30.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
6. Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008).