D.C. Circuit· 2/11/2014

Shaker Aamer v. Barack Obama

Citations

408 U.S. App. D.C. 291
742 F.3d 1023
2014 WL 519238
2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 2513

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recognizing that “a handful of state appellate courts have rejected prison officials’ attempts to force-feed particular inmates,” but most were “applying state law” and faced “unique factual circumstances”
finding that prisoners bringing a conditions-of-confinement claim where they were force-fed while attempting a hunger strike was appropriate under a habeas petition
holding that prisoners can challenge the form of detention under habeas
holding that prisoners can challenge the form of detention under habeas
assuming that the substantive due process “right to be free from unwanted medical treatment” applies at Guantanamo and rejecting detainees’ claims on the merits
explaining that “the fact” and “duration” of detention “lie at the heart of habeas corpus”

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Judges: Tatel, Griffith, Williams

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