Mahmud Idris v. George W. Bush
Mahmud Idris v. George W. Bush is a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Guantanamo captive Mahmud Idris.
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 closed. However, on June 12 2008, in Boumediene v. Bush, that Combatant Status Review Tribunals were inadequate, and the outstanding habeas petitions were put back in motion.
Combatant Status Review Tribunal panel 13 convened on 3 November 2004 to confirm Mahmud Idris's "enemy combatant" status. His habeas petition was first filed before US District Court Judge James Robertson.
Seizure of privileged lawyer-client documents
On June 10 2006 the Department Of Defense reported that three captives died in custody. The Department of Defense stated the three men committed [...]. Camp authorities called the deaths "an act of asymmetric warfare", and suspected plans had been coordinated by the captive's attorneys -- so they seized all the captives' documents, including the captives' copies of their habeas documents. Since the habeas documents were privileged lawyer-client communication the Department of Justice was compelled to file documents AbOUT the document seizures.
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.
On July 18, 2008 Jennifer R. Cowan of DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP re-initiated Civil Action No. 05-CV-1555 on behalf of Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim Idris. Jennifer C. Argabright and John B. Missing, also of DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON LLP, have helped Mahmud Idris present previous habeas petitions.