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1 Mar 2010, 6:05 am
The first petition [text, PDF], filed Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website], challenges the detention of Haji Abdul Wahid, a 61- [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 7:33 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ruled [opinion, PDF] against the release of a former high-ranking Taliban [CFR backgrounder] official at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] despite a request from Afghanistan's Peace Council to release the prisoner. [read post]
15 May 2012, 12:11 pm
Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and its impact on employers in a post, which is available on Holland & Hart's website by clicking here. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 3:08 am
[JURIST] Judge John Bates [official profile] of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday ordered [court order, PDF] that copies of the documents related to the investigation into the late 2006 firings of nine US attorneys [JURIST report] be provided by the Bush administration to the incoming Obama administration. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 6:28 am
[JURIST] Judge Royce Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Tuesday granted [order, PDF; memorandum opinion, PDF] the government's motion to dismiss the petition for habeas corpus brought on behalf of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Idris Ahmad Abdu Qadir Idris [NYT profile]. [read post]
3 Apr 2010, 11:24 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday dismissed [opinion, PDF] as moot 105 habeas corpus petitions of non-citizen former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees who are no longer in US custody. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 9:47 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] gave final approval [opinion, PDF] Thursday to a $1.25 billion settlement for black farmers who were discriminated against by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) [official website] in disbursement loans and other forms of relief. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 2:17 pm
District Court for the District of Columbia denied a challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [read post]
5 Apr 2014, 11:21 am
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismissed a lawsuit [opinion, PDF] on Friday brought against officials of the Obama administration [official website] for the 2011 drone strikes that killed three US citizens in Yemen. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 7:37 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees on Thursday filed [motion, PDF] an emergency application in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from depriving the inmates of the right to pray communally during the month of Ramadan. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 2:02 am
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Thursday granted [order, PDF] the habeas corpus petition filed by Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Fouad Al Rabiah, ordering his release. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 10:04 am
Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Walter Jones (R-NC) [official websites] held a press conference announcing [press release] the filing in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website]. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 8:22 am
Five consent judgments were filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website], detailing settlement agreements reached with Bank of America Corporation, JPMorgan Chase &... [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 1:58 pm
Last December, a judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] ruled [opinion] that the NSA's program is likely unconstitutional [JURIST report] after Larry Klayman, founder of the political advocacy group Freedom Watch [advocacy website], filed a lawsuit [JURIST report]... [read post]
27 Nov 2017, 7:35 am
Former chief of staff Leandra English filed a suit [complaint] on Sunday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] against the Trump administration over the currently vacant director position at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) [official website], to which US President Donald Trump seeks to name budget director Mick Mulvaney as acting director. [read post]
11 Apr 2009, 6:46 am
[JURIST] The administration of US President Barack Obama [official profile] will appeal a ruling made last week by Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] that allowed detainees being held by the US in Afghanistan to proceed with habeas corpus challenges [JURIST report] to their detention. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 1:54 am
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3 Nov 2008, 8:39 am
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday ordered [opinion, PDF] a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney [official profile; JURIST news archive] to make herself available to be deposed in a case over preservation of vice presidential records. [read post]
24 Dec 2015, 8:26 am
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] denied [opinion, PDF] on Wednesday a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khatallah arising from the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 9:45 am
Last week, the attorneys general of 36 U.S. states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against internet services and mobile operating system (OS) provider Google. [read post]
