El Banna v. Bush

El Banna v. Bush, No. 1:04-cv-01144, is a writ of habeas corpus that was submitted on behalf of the Guantanamo captives Jamil al-Banna, Bisher Al Rawi and Martin Mubanga.^[1] They were United Kingdom citizens or residents.

El Banna v. Bush
Court	United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Full case name	Jamil El Banna, et al. v. George W. Bush, et al.
Docket nos.	1:04-cv-01144
Case history
Related actions	Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
Court membership
Judge sitting	Richard W. Roberts

George Brent Mickum was the lead counsel in this petition.^[2]

Cases amalgamated with El Banna v. Bush^[3]

ISN	Name	Notes
905	Jamil El-Banna	Lead petitioner in the case. Not "captured on the battlefield". Apprehended in Gambia, while on a business trip with his friend Bisher Al-Rawi. Was first held and interrogated in a CIA safe house in Gambia — not in the detention of the Gambian justice system. Returned to Britain in 2007.
906	Bisher Al-Rawi	Not "captured on the battlefield". Apprehended in Gambia, while on a business trip with his friend Jamil el-Banna. Was first held and interrogated in a CIA safe house in Gambia — not in the detention of the Gambian justice system. Original arrest was nominally due to carrying a battery charger in his luggage. Pressure for the United Kingdom to insist on his return mounted when it became public that he was an MI-5 informant who was betrayed by his MI-5 handlers.
10007	Martin Mubanga	A joint citizen of Zambia and the United Kingdom. Captured in Zambia, not "captured on the battlefield".

Eligible to seek relief

On 3 July 2008, US District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan listed this habeas petition on a list where former captives were eligible to seek relief.^{[4][citation needed]}

References

1. Christopher Story (2006). The New Underworld Order: Triumph of Criminalism the Global Hegemony of Masonic Intelligence. Edward Harle Limited. p. 543. ISBN 9781899798056 – via Google Books.
   - "KHALED A. F. AL ODAH, ET AL ., PETITIONERS, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , ET AL ., RESPONDENTS" (PDF). pp. 81–136. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
   - Jonathan Hafetz (2012). Habeas Corpus After 9/11: Confronting America's New Global Detention System. NYU Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780814724408. Retrieved 13 June 2016. Two British residents, Bisher al-Rawi and Jamil el-Banna, were arrested in the Gambia, where they had traveled on business to set up a mobile peanut-processing plant, before they were taken to Guantánamo based on their alleged association with Abu Qatada, a radical Islamic cleric from England.
   - James R. Crisfield (18 October 2004). "Abdul Latif El Banna v. George W. Bush -- 04-CV-1144 (RWR)" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
   - "Bisher Amin Khalil Al Rawi v. George W. Bush -- 04-CV-1144" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 25 September 2004. p. 5–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
   - George Brent Mickum IV (14 July 2008). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 57 -- Petitioner's status report" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
2. "Lead Petitioners' Counsel in Guantanamo Habeas Cases" (PDF). Center for Constitutional Rights. 8 January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
3. "RESPONDENTS' RESPONSE TO COURT'S AUGUST 7, 2006 ORDER" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 15 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
4. Thomas Hogan (3 July 2009). "Petitioners seeking habeas corpus relief in relation to prior detentions at Guantanamo Bay". United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2008.