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Kiyemba v. Obama

U.S.
Mar 1, 2010
559 U.S. 131 (2010)

Summary

vacating and remanding for the D.C. Circuit to "determine, in the first instance, what further proceedings in that court or in the District Court are necessary and appropriate for the full and prompt disposition of the case in light of the new developments"

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Opinion

No. 08–1234.

03-01-2010

Jamal KIYEMBA et al. v. Barack H. OBAMA, President of the United States et al.


Opinion

PER CURIAM. We granted certiorari, 558 U.S. ––––, 130 S.Ct. 458, 175 L.Ed.2d 306 (2009), on the question whether a federal court exercising habeas jurisdiction has the power to order the release of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay “where the Executive detention is indefinite and without authorization in law, and release into the continental United States is the only possible effective remedy,” Pet. for Cert. i. By now, however, each of the detainees at issue in this case has received at least one offer of resettlement in another country. Most of the detainees have accepted an offer of resettlement; five detainees, however, have rejected two such offers and are still being held at Guantanamo Bay.

This change in the underlying facts may affect the legal issues presented. No court has yet ruled in this case in light of the new facts, and we decline to be the first to do so. See, e.g., Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709, 718, n. 7, 125 S.Ct. 2113, 161 L.Ed.2d 1020 (2005) (“[W]e are a court of review, not of first view”).

Under these circumstances, we vacate the judgment and remand the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It should determine, in the first instance, what further proceedings in that court or in the District Court are necessary and appropriate for the full and prompt disposition of the case in light of the new developments.

It is so ordered.


Summaries of

Kiyemba v. Obama

U.S.
Mar 1, 2010
559 U.S. 131 (2010)

vacating and remanding for the D.C. Circuit to "determine, in the first instance, what further proceedings in that court or in the District Court are necessary and appropriate for the full and prompt disposition of the case in light of the new developments"

Summary of this case from Zubik v. Burwell

vacating and remanding when the detainees seeking release into the United States had received at least one offer of resettlement in another country, constituting a "change in the underlying facts" that "may affect the legal issues presented"

Summary of this case from Medtronic Med. CR SRL v. Feliciano-Soto

vacating and remanding when the detainees seeking release into the United States had received at least one offer of resettlement in another country, constituting a "change in the underlying facts" that "may affect the legal issues presented"

Summary of this case from Medtronic Med. CR SRL v. Feliciano-Soto
Case details for

Kiyemba v. Obama

Case Details

Full title:JAMAL KIYEMBA ET AL. v. BARACK H. OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ET…

Court:U.S.

Date published: Mar 1, 2010

Citations

559 U.S. 131 (2010)
130 S. Ct. 1235
175 L. Ed. 2d 1070

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