Detainees Lawsuit Rejected
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge by Guantanamo detainees filed months ago by a coalition of lawyers, professors and clergy on their behalf. The suit argued that the detainees' prolonged detention violated the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The Court ruled the coalition of "needed to have a preexisting relationship with the detainees or show the prisoners had limited mental or physical capacity that rendered them unable to argue their own case."
The full text of the opininion is available here. A member of the coalition said today it may request a rehearing by the full 9th Circuit panel.
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