Sliti v. Bush

Sliti v. Bush (Civil Action No. 05-cv-429) is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of several Guantanamo captives before US District Court Judge Richard J. Leon.

The captives listed in this petition included: Adel Al Hakeemy, Hisham Sliti, Yousuf Al Karany, Abdul Aziz Al Mossary, Sami Muhyideen, Ibrahim Towkah, Ahmad Abu Abduttawaab, Muhammed Sidii, Abdul Al Hadi, Mustafa Ibrahim, Amir Yakub, Abdullah, Ibrahim Fauzee, Mahmoud Al Soury, Adel Turkestani, Mohamad Morotany and Hassan Al Gassary.

Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.

Boumediene v. Bush

On June 12 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated. The judges considering the captives' habeas petitions would be considering whether the evidence used to compile the allegations the men and boys were enemy combatants justified a classification of "enemy combatant".

Releases

Allaithy was one of the original thirty-eight captives whose Combatant Status Review Tribunals determined they weren't enemy combatants after all.

Leon ordered el Garani's release on January 14, 2009.

Enemy combatant status confirmed

On December 30th 2008 Leon issued an order that confirmed Hisham Sliti's enemy combatant status, based on classified evidence. Sliti's case is notable because he is one of the captives whose habeas cases ran to completion.