Sentences with phrase «filed habeas»
Court officials say as many as 200 detainees have filed habeas petitions, and many were being held pending the Boumediene decision.
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Two hundred of the 500 prisoners have filed habeas corpus petitions in the wake of the Court's decision in 2004 in Rasul v. Bush.
In a move described as a pre-emptive strike against the detainee bill passed by Congress last week, the Center for Consitutional Rights yesterday filed habeas corpus petitions on behalf of 25 men being held in Afghanistan.
As many as 200 detainees have filed habeas petitions, and many were being held pending the outcome of Boumediene.
The Guardia Civil denied the request and the lawyer filed a habeas corpus petition before a court decrying that the arrests were illegal due to lack of information.
«Sixty months ago, the first of the Guantanamo detainees arrived at Guantanamo and began filing habeas petitions seeking release from detention.
When a grandparent refuses to return a child to the custodial parent, the parent can file a habeas corpus petition.
Some legal options are, however, particularly bad, such as putting the children into indefinite juvenile detention for contempt of court, leading a lawyer to file a habeas petition on their behalf:
Not exact matches
U.S. District Court Judge Ann Donnelly ruled in favor of a habeas corpus petition filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of two Iraqi men who were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday after Trump signed his order.
She loves learning from brilliant, intense people — be they the engineers who are building self - driving cars, or the jailhouse lawyers filing laser - sharp habeas petitions.
Habeas Corpus Filed for Chimp
On April 13, five months before The Fugitive debuted, Boston lawyer F. Lee Bailey filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court challenging the fairness of the extraordinary 1954 trial in which Sheppard was convicted.
New York's top court has refused to hear a habeas appeal filed on behalf of two caged chimpanzees, but one judge sees merit in arguments made.
They jumped into action, cobbling together a filing that included a motion to file a writ of prohibition, a petition to file a successor writ of habeas corpus, and a motion for a stay of execution before the court closed at 5 p.m..
For one, it is the first time in nearly 50 years that the court has ordered a hearing based on a petition for habeas corpus filed directly with the Supreme Court, as opposed to petitions that have come up through the lower courts.
New York's Supreme Court, Appellate Department, had ruled last year that the suits filed on behalf of chimpanzees Tommy and Kiko were successive habeas proceedings that must fail because they were not supported by changed circumstances.
Finally, if you have an upcoming filing deadline in court, such as an appeal, a post-conviction petition, or a habeas corpus deadline, please do not wait to hear from us before you make your filing.
Twenty four months ago, after further habeas petitions were filed, Judges Joyce Hens Green and Richard Leon issued the decisions giving rise to these appeals.
But when it comes to the Guantanamo defendants now filing for habeas corpus in United States courts, the tables are turned, with Department of Justice lawyers struggling against an army of elite law firms and law professors who represent the detainees, according to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page:
Ask us about filing a bond reduction motion, an examining trial, a speedy trial motion, or a writ of habeas corpus.
The Midwest Innocence Project and Langdon & Emison intend to file a Missouri Rule 91 Habeas petition as soon as the investigation is complete.
Sometime in the next couple of months, in a yet - to - be disclosed courthouse somewhere in the United States, the Nonhuman Rights Project is planning to file a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a chimpanzee.
Animal - rights lawyer Steve Wise Sometime in the next couple of months, in a yet - to - be disclosed courthouse somewhere in the United States, the Nonhuman Rights Project is planning to file a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of a chimpanzee.
Application for leave to file a petition for writs of habeas corpus and prohibition in this Court challenging the jurisdiction and legal authority of a military commission which convicted applicant of a violation of the law of war and sentenced him to be hanged.
The Schlup actual innocence exception recognized for successive petitions applies to the one - year statute of limitation for filing an original petition for habeas corpus relief.
The Respondents filed applications for habeas corpus with the Superior Court and sought a declaratory judgment based, inter alia, on s. 7 of the Charter.
Your ex will probably file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus when you leave, which means the court will order you to bring your children back to Texas immediately.