Rochester, NY
Military law Lawyer at Rochester, NY
Practice Areas: Military Law, Appeals ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Released from incommunicado military confinement
Mr. Padilla, a U.S. citizen was arrested on a material witness warrant. He was then ordered detained by the President as an "enemy combatant" by the U.S. military. This litigation involved both his r ... ight to counsel, and habeas corpus rights to contest his imprisonment without any charges having been filed.
OUTCOME: Military Commissions at GTMO are illegal
Hamdan was prosecuted by Military Commission at GTMO, Cuba. A habeas corpus action contested the legality of the particular military commissions created at GTMO. The Supreme Court agreed and held tha ... t only Congress could lawfully create Military Commissions, and they had not done so. I authored a "Friend of the Court" Brief for Hamdan tracing the history of U.S. military commissions and demonstrating how these commissions were like no others in our history.
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