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Case Name	Meshal v. Higgenbotham	NS-DC-0005
Docket / Court	1:09-cv-02178-EGS ( D.D.C. )
Additional Docket(s)	14-5194 [ -14 ] Appellate Court (DC) 15-1461 [ -15 ] U.S. Supreme Court
State/Territory	District of Columbia
Case Type(s)	National Security
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
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

Law-enforcement

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

Religion discrimination

General

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Assault/abuse by staff

Conditions of confinement

Extradition

Over/Unlawful Detention

Terrorism/Post 9-11 issues

Torture

Unconstitutional conditions of confinement

National Origin/Ethnicity

Arab/Afgani/Middle Eastern

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

Ex Parte Young (Federal) or Bivens

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Federal Bureau of Investigation
Plaintiff Description	A U.S. citizen who was detained and tortured while traveling abroad
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects)
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None
Source of Relief	None
Filing Year	2009
Case Closing Year	2017
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents

Docket(s)

1:09-cv-02178 (D.D.C.)
NS-DC-0005-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 02/10/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint for Damages and Declaratory Relief [ECF# 3] NS-DC-0005-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/10/2009 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
United States' Motion to Intervene as an Interested Party [ECF# 12] NS-DC-0005-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/11/2009 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Second Amended Complaint Damages and Declaratory Relief [ECF# 51] NS-DC-0005-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/21/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion [ECF# 63] (2014 WL 2648032) (D.D.C.) NS-DC-0005-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 06/13/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion (804 F.3d 417) NS-DC-0005-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 10/23/2015 Source: Westlaw

People


Judges	Brown, Janice Rogers (D.C. Circuit) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0005 Kavanaugh, Brett M. (D.C. Circuit, SCOTUS) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0005 Pillard, Cornelia Thayer Livingston (D.D.C., D.C. Circuit) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0005 Sullivan, Emmet G. (D.D.C.) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0004 \| NS-DC-0005-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan (New York) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0003 \| NS-DC-0005-9000 Hafetz, Jonathon L. (New York) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-9000 Shamsi, Hina (New York) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-9000 Spitzer, Arthur (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0001 \| NS-DC-0005-9000 Wizner, Ben (New York) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Garren, Timothy P. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0002 Greene, Glenn S. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0002 \| NS-DC-0005-9000 Mason, Mary Hampton (District of Columbia) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0002 Ravel, Ann Miller (California) show/hide docs NS-DC-0005-0002