Sohail v. Bush

Sohail v. Bush (Civil Action No. 05-cv-0993) is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Guantanamo captive Mohammad Mustafa Sohail before US District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina.

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".

On 8 December 2008 Shayana D. Kadidal and other lawyers associated with the Center for Constitutional Rights and Paul E. Ohern and other Department Of Justice officials submitted a Joint Status Report on behalf of Sohail and several other captives. According to the Joint Status Report Sohail has argued that the Bush Presidency has not adequately provided discovery.