Decided

No. 20-827

United States v. Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, aka Abu Zubaydah, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Parts II-B-2 and III. Roberts, C. J., joined that opinion in full, Kavanaugh and Barrett, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-B-2, Kagan, J., joined as to all but Parts III and IV and the judgment of dismissal, and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined Part IV. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Alito, J., joined. Kavanaugh, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, in which Barrett, J., joined. Kagan, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.

Respondents' letter in response to petitioner's 10/15/21 letter filed. (Distributed)

Letter of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al. not accepted for filing. (November 12, 2021 - no service on counsel of record indicated, paper copy not received).

Letter of petitioner United States, per oral argument, filed. (Distributed)

Argued. For petitioner: Brian H. Fletcher, Acting Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: David F. Klein, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

Letter noting withdrawal of Judge James T. Giles and Judge Stephen M. Orlofsky from amici curiae brief filed on behalf of Former Federal Judges.

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Physicians for Human Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Coalition of Human Rights Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Bilal Abdul Kareem filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Rendition Project filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Religious Campaign Against Torture, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Rights filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Torture Survivors Maher Arar, et al., filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former Federal Judges filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Justice and Accountability filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Current and Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and Counsel for Ammar al Baluchi filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Evidence Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed. (Distributed corrected brief on 8/31/21).

Brief amicus curiae of Council on American-Islamic Relations filed with correction. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, October 6, 2021.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 2, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 13, 2021.

Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner United States.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 11, 2021.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 19, 2021 to February 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)

Parties

Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, et al., Respondent, represented by David Franklin Klein

Amici Curiae

American Civil Liberties Union and Counsel for Ammar al Baluchi, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Lustberg

Bilal Abdul Kareem, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric Leslie Lewis

Center for Constitutional Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by Baher Azmy

Center for Justice and Accountability, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carmen Ka Man Cheung

Coalition of Human Rights Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Robert Nicely

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lena Fatina Masri

Current and Former U.N. Special Rapporteurs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hope R. Metcalf

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Roy Wiebe

Evidence Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy K. Ford

Floyd Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and National Security Archive, Amicus Curiae, represented by David A. Schulz

Former Federal Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow

Human Rights Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark S. Sullivan

National Religious Campaign Against Torture, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David John Butler

Physicians for Human Rights, et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerson H. Smoger

Public Citizen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Wendy Liu

September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven S. Sparling

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Rendition Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel M. Greenfield

Torture Survivors Maher Arar, et al.,, Amicus Curiae, represented by Hannah Ruth Garry

 
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