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Boumediene v. Bush
Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit. Argued December 5, 2007Decided June 12, 2008. 12 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Habeas corpus | Countries: Afghanistan - United States of America |
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Baze et al. v. Rees, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Corrections, et al.
Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Human Rights Watch filed an amicus curiae in Baze v. Rees in November 2007. 16 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: United States of America |
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Lakhdar Boumediene et al. v. George W. Bush, President of the United States et al.; Khaled A. F. Al Odah, Next Friend of Fawzi Khalid Abdullak Fahas Al Odah et al. v. United States et al.
On petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Justice Breyer dissenting from the denial of certiorari. 2 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Habeas corpus - Pre-trial detention - Terrorism | Countries: Afghanistan - United States of America |
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Lopez v. Gonzales, Attorney General
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. 5 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Immigration law | Countries: United States of America |
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Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Michelle Thomas et Al.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 17 April 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: South Africa - United States of America |
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Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This case concerns the federal habeas corpus petition of Jose Medellin, a Mexican national, for review of his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (the "Convention"). Medillin was tried and sentenced to death, a sentence which was affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Medillin then filed a state habeas corpus action, claiming that he had not been notified of his right to consular access under the Convention. The trial court, as well as the Court of Criminal Appeals in Texas rejected this claim. Subsequently Medillin filed a federal habeas corpus petition, which was rejected by the District Court. The Court of Appeals denied the application for appealability, shortly after the Avena judgment was handed down by the International Court of Justice ("ICJ"), in which it held that the United States had breached its obligation under the Convention to inform 51 Mexican nationals (including Medilla), all of whom had been sentenced to death, of the right to consular notification. Few days before the oral argument at the Supreme Court, Medillin filed another state habeas corpus petition based on the Avena judgment as well as a memorandum filed by President Bush, which stated that the United States would discharge its international obligations under the Avena judgment "by having State courts give effect to the ICJ decision in accordance with general principles of comity." Stating that the "state proceeding may provide Medellin with the review and reconsideration of his Vienna Convention claim that the ICJ required," the Supreme Court dismissed the writ as "improvidently granted." Justice O'Connor, joined by Justices Stevens, Souter and Breyer, filed a dissenting opinion in which she stated that she would "vacate the Court of Appeals' decision to deny Medellin a certificate of appealability" and "remand for further proceedings." 23 May 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Habeas corpus | Countries: Mexico - United States of America |
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Roper v. Simmons
Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri. Argued October 13, 2004 Decided March 1, 2005. 1 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: United States of America |
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Clark, et al. v. Martinez
Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Argued October 13, 2004 Decided January 12, 2005. 12 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Cuba - United States of America |
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Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Argued October 12, 2004 Decided January 12, 2005. 12 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Somalia - United States of America |
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Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.
Argued 28 April 2004; Decided 28 June 2004. On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit. 28 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Countries: United States of America |
