Sentences with phrase «habeas corpus on»

Mr. Khadr applied for habeas corpus on the basis that the ITOA mandated his placement in a provincial correctional facility.

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.

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.

Khadr applied for habeas corpus on the grounds that the ITOA mandated that transferred prisoners who committed their crimes as youths be allowed to serve their sentences in provincial facilities.

Not exact matches

Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping Voted NO on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.

He goes on to demonstrate how fundamental safeguards that I was brought up to take for granted - habeas corpus, trial by jury, the presumption of innocence - have been weakened.

I have proposed a Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would unwind the application of the Act and give us a proper terrorism law, ruling out the application of the HRA 1998 while insisting on habeas corpus, due process and fair trial on one hand, and guiding judicial interpretation of provisions during a public emergency on the other.

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.

Blair tried to bring in 90 days detention without charge, but was roundly defeated in Parliament on the grounds that this was far too extensive a removal of liberty without the right to know what one is charged with (habeas corpus).

The words «writ of habeas corpus» have been struck out, suggesting that the court has made no decision on whether Hercules and Leo — two research chimpanzees at Stony Brook University in New York — deserve to be treated as legal persons.

► «New York Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe ruled that two research chimps at Stony Brook University are not covered by a writ of habeas corpus, which typically allows human prisoners to challenge their detention,» David Grimm wrote on Thursday at ScienceInsider.

Well, an exhaustive feature on Capcom's Phoenix Wright game series over at Hardcore Gaming 101 will make sure that you know your DS - based habeas corpus from your Harvey Birdman.

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.

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.

Mr. Stellabotte also has significant experience litigating and advising on general commercial matters involving a wide range of subject matter, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, federal securities, antitrust, contract, tort, product liability, employment, environmental, insurance, bankruptcy, and federal habeas corpus (pro bono).

Lee was freed on an unsecured bond in August 2014 after a federal judge adopted Carlson's report and recommendation and conditionally granted Lee's petition for habeas corpus relief.

Senator Feingold asked a few questions about habeas corpus, though there were no surprising revelations and the focus again was on the risk of wrongful convictions.

They should be stripped of ephemera not necessary to the bulk of family law disputes, such as rules on interpleader, receivers, creditors» remedies and writs of mandamus, certiorari and habeas corpus.

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.

Wise felt that such a concept was already present in habeas corpus case law which permits courts to issue writs requiring that a person be brought before a judge by his or her captor in order to rule on that prisoners detainment.

Constitutional cases on habeas corpus challenges to bad laws and illegal restraint by the government

Everyone has the right on arrest or detention: (a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefore; (b) to retain and instruct legal counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and (c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.

However, even if this is true, it is not clear that costs awards are a fair or effective way to deal with vexatious self - represented inmates on unsuccessful habeas corpus applications because the rules of costs contemplate represented litigants, not self - represented ones.

However, it is important to note that Justice Crighton's decision did not only follow the Alberta Rules of Court, but also relied on Alberta precedent for awarding costs against an unsuccessful self - represented habeas corpus applicant.

Congress conferred on the courts no power to review their determinations save only as it has granted judicial power «to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of the restraint of liberty.»

Interns will have the opportunity to draft bench memoranda, judicial orders, and opinions on a variety of substantive matters, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, magistrate judge reports, and habeas corpus petitions.

While there, he worked primarily on cases that addressed civil rights, habeas corpus matters, criminal sentencing, immigration, and prisoner and pro se appeals.

Jonathan acted in the important case on the relationship between the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Act 1983, J v Foundation Trust and others, the recent test case proceedings concerning the procure for court authorisation of deprivations of liberty, and has acted in a wide variety of mental health and capacity cases, covering issues such as capacity to marry and enter into sexual relations, capacity to litigate, cross-border capacity cases, urgent medical treatment cases, mental health habeas corpus cases, and many other areas.

Today the Court granted certiorari to Harrington v. Richter, an ineffective assistance of counsel case challenging the issuance of habeas corpus relief by the Ninth Circuit based upon counsel's reliance on cross-examination and other methods to create reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt rather than expert - opinion testimony.

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.

Under such a scenario, the President and other branches of government could rely on the War Powers to dismiss procedural due process, which could potentially result in a complete suspension of an individual's fourth and fifth amendment rights along with a writ of habeas corpus.

Other than a direct appeal from a state supreme court to the U.S. Supreme Court, or a direct appeal from a state supreme court of a collateral attack on a state conviction, a federal habeas corpus action is the only chance someone convicted of a crime has to show a federal government official that state officials did not comply with federal law and the U.S. Constitution in their criminal case.

Habeas corpus has a symbolically central place in the law because it was the primary means by which a private individual could contest government authority over a person in a court of law where the citizen was in theory at least on an equal footing with the state.

A second memo discusses this position on Stellar Wind in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, which reversed a dismissal of habeas corpus, and recognized the power to detain enemy combattants while retaining the right to due process,

Everyone has the right on arrest or detention a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefore; b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.

As I have explained earlier habeas corpus is intended to be an expeditious process to determine whether a restriction on liberty of a person is legal at a given point in time.

We conclude with an extensive unit on federal habeas corpus remedies, including both challenges to federal executive detention (including the War on Terror cases) and collateral attack on state criminal convictions.

applications for «habeas corpus», (a legal procedure where the court decides to rule on whether the detention of an individual is legal

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