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Supreme Court rejects Rumsfeld torture suit appeal
June 11, 2013 by Julie Deisher
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal from two US citizens who were detained and tortured by US forces in Iraq. In Vance v. Rumsfeld, the court was asked to consider whether federal courts may entertain damages claims brought by US civilians who have been tortured by the.... [more]
Vance v. Rumsfeld: An Erosion of Torture Protection [comment]
December 13, 2012 by Stephen Krug
JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Hu of the Center for Constitutional Rights says that the Seventh Circuit misinterpreted Supreme Court precedent in Vance v. Rumsfeld and consequently diminished a fundamental constitutional protection...In a recent en banc opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the.... [more]
Federal appeals court dismisses torture suit against Rumsfeld
November 8, 2012 by Endia Vereen
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc Wednesday, ruled that two American citizens cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged torture by US soldiers in Iraq. The plaintiffs, who worked for a private security firm in Iraq, were arrested in 2006 by.... [more]
Federal appeals court rules former defense contractor cannot sue Rumsfeld
June 15, 2012 by Max Slater
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that a former defense contractor who alleged that he was tortured while detained by the US military in Iraq cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The contractor, known only as "John Doe," asserted in his.... [more]
Three Guantanamo detainees died in apparent suicide pact [this day at law]
June 10, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On June 10, 2006, the US Army reported the deaths of three Guantanamo detainees, Mani al-Utaybi, Yasser al-Zahrani, and Ali Abdullah Ahmed, in apparent multiple suicides. They were the first suicides confirmed among prisoners since the detention center at Guantanamo Bay began operating in January.... [more]
Afghan Guantanamo detainee died in apparent suicide [this day at law]
May 18, 2012 by Cody Harding
On May 18, 2011, US Southern Command announced that a Guantanamo Bay detainee known as Inayatullah was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide. In 2007, the families of two other Guantanamo detainees who committed suicide filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United States and 24.... [more]
Malaysia rights group finds Bush and associates guilty of war crimes in symbolic trial
May 11, 2012 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Criminalise War (KLFCW) on Friday found former US president George W. Bush and seven administration officials guilty of war crimes after a symbolic trial. The five-member tribunal convicted Bush, former vice president Dick Cheney, former defense secretary.... [more]
Padilla appeals dismissal of unlawful detention suit to Supreme Court
April 24, 2012 by Julia Zebley
US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court on Monday, appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against US officials for allegedly illegally detaining him at a military jail in South Carolina. Padilla's lawsuit claims nominal monetary.... [more]
Federal appeals court hears arguments in Padilla unlawful detention suit
October 27, 2011 by Jamie Reese
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in an appeal by US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla to reinstate his unlawful detention suit against several government officials. Padilla, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed an.... [more]
Federal appeals court allows Rumsfeld torture suit to proceed
August 9, 2011 by Chris Morris
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that a torture suit against former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld can proceed. Two American citizens brought a cause of action recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics against Rumsfeld,.... [more]
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