Ricardo M. Urbina - Knowledge (XXG)

492:, 553 U.S. 674 (2008). The Court unanimously affirmed Judge Urbina's conclusion that the habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(1), extends to U.S. citizens held overseas by American forces subject to an American chain of command, even if acting as part of a multinational coalition, but also found that habeas corpus provided the petitioners with no relief because "habeas corpus does not require the United States to shelter such fugitives from the criminal justice system of the sovereign with authority to prosecute them." 36: 593:. The immunity issue was a problem that lawyers for the government anticipated as long as a year ago when they briefed Congress on the matter. Judge Urbina dismissed the indictment of the five men who pleaded not guilty to voluntary manslaughter and firearms violations: Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard, Donald Ball and Nicholas Slatten. 569:

Urbina's release order was sealed, and it "brought the so-called habeas corpus scorecard to 32 losses and nine victories by the Pentagon of detainee challenges from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba." Dean Boyd, a Department of Justice spokesman, told Rosenberg the Government was reviewing its options in how to

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security guards implicated in the September 2007, Nisour Square, Baghdad, shooting incident were to go on trial, Urbina dismissed the case. Urbina said that the prosecutors improperly relied upon statements the guards gave to State Department investigators. The guards were required to make the

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in 2010 and upheld the constitutionality of the statute. The dismissal was appealed and overturned in a 2–1 vote. The case eventually made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in a 5–4 vote sided with Heller and declare the District's regulations unconstitutional.

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He was confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994, and received commission on June 16, 1994. He was the first Latino judge to serve on the Court. He assumed senior status on January 31, 2011, and retired on May 31, 2012.

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and that Omar's case could be reviewed because he had not yet been convicted by a foreign court. The case ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard this matter together with

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In 2011, a federal appeals court overruled Urbina, reinstated the charges against four out of the five men. In 2014, all four were convicted.

1024: 695: 478:. The government appealed, and the D.C. Circuit, in a 2–1 decision, affirmed that the District Court had habeas jurisdiction under the 1298: 1293: 644: 1119: 455:, in which Shawqi Ahmad Omar, an American citizen, captured and detained in Iraq by United States military forces operating as part of the 89: 1278: 961: 506:(2006), Urbina found that British detainees at Guantanamo Bay could not bring a civil lawsuit against government officials under the 1146: 515: 651:

for the release of the images. Urbina sided with the TSA, arguing that a release of the images would threaten national security.

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into the custody of Iraqi authorities for trial on terrorism charges in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. Urbina issued an

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from 1970 to 1972 and was in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1972 to 1974. He was on the faculty of

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for alleged restraints on their religious free expression. That later judgment was then reversed by the

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resident, Dick Anthony Heller filed suit against the District challenging the constitutionality of its

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for alleged torture and mistreatment. Urbina did, however, find that the detainees could sue under the

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requiring that Omar "not be removed from United States custody" and later converted the order into a

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Urbina was born in New York City on January 31, 1946. He earned a bachelor's degree from

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detainees from Guantanamo into the United States because they are no longer regarded as

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statements if they wanted to keep their jobs—thus making them inadmissible under the

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preventing the U.S. military from transferring him from U.S. military custody at

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Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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has taken several thousand images of individuals passing through the

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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/12/airport.scanner.images/index.html

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United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton

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Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission

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