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Case Name	Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta	NS-DC-0002
Docket / Court	1:12-cv-01192 ( D.D.C. )
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	National Security
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) Center for Constitutional Rights
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Unreasonable search and seizure

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

General

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Courts

International law

Terrorism/Post 9-11 issues

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Bivens

Case Details


Defendant(s)	David Petraeus Joseph Votel Leon Panetta United States of America William H. McRaven
Plaintiff Description	Plaintiffs are two parents who bring suit as the personal representative of the estates of their respective children, who were killed in United States missile strikes.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) Center for Constitutional Rights
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Case Closing Year	2014
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

1:12-cv-01192-RMC (D.D.C.)
NS-DC-0002-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/03/2014
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 3] (2012 WL 3024212) NS-DC-0002-0001.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 07/18/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
[Correspondence] Exhibit 1 NS-DC-0002-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/22/2013 Source: ACLU
U.S. Acknowledges Killing Four Americans in Drone Strikes NS-DC-0002-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/22/2013
Exhibit 2 (Remarks by the President on the Future of Our Fight Against Terrorism) NS-DC-0002-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/23/2013 Source: ACLU
Memorandum and Opinion [ECF# 36] (D.D.C.) NS-DC-0002-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/04/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Collyer, Rosemary M. (FISC, D.D.C.) NS-DC-0002-0005 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Jaffer, Jameel (New York) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
	Kaufman, Brett Max (New York) NS-DC-0002-9000
	Kebriaei, Pardiss (New York) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
	Lahood, Maria Couri (California) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
	Shamsi, Hina (New York) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
	Spitzer, Arthur (District of Columbia) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
	Wessler, Nathan Freed (New York) NS-DC-0002-0001 \| NS-DC-0002-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Holder, Eric H. Jr. (District of Columbia) NS-DC-0002-0002
	Werner, Paul Elias (District of Columbia) NS-DC-0002-9000