Human Rights | Habeas Corpus

2010-03-16: Headlines

  • National Post: Ask not what Ottawa can do for you 2010-03-16
    The 68-page guide devotes less than half a page (roughly 14 lines) to the totality of our traditional ordered liberties, including habeas corpus.
  • The News International: 'Teachers service structure improved' 2010-03-16
    Zahid Khalil had filed a habeas corpus petition in court, pleading that Munir Ahmed had detained his wife Sehrish Munir. On his plea, the court issued ...
  • UConn Daily Campus: Public deserved to know names of Guantanamo Bay lawyers 2010-03-16
    This is because as enemy combatants, they are filing lawsuits against the government under the rubric of habeas corpus and even American prisoners have no ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

  • Times Record News: Matter of Record (March 15) 2010-03-15
    Esteban Rodriguez, Habeas Corpus. State of Texas vs. Jose Luis Lechuga, Habeas Corpus. City of Wichita Falls, et al, vs. William W. Berger/Marlenna S.
  • Dissident Voice: Beyond Orwell: The Electronic Police State, 2010 2010-03-15
    Habeas Corpus: Lack of habeas corpus, which is the right not to be held in jail without prompt due process. Or, the overriding of such protections.
  • Bay Area Indymedia: STATE TERRORISM AND MILITARY BRUTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES MEETS WORLDWIDE ... 2010-03-15
    After their lawyers filed a petition for habeas corpus, the AFP filed charges against them for illegal possession of explosives and firearms—evidence ...
  • Consortium News: Yoo Besmirches Legacy of Jefferson 2010-03-15
    Not even the Great Writ of habeas corpus escaped Yoo's sophistry — the fundamental right, wrested from King John of England in 1215, to seek judicial relief ...
  • Santa Rosa Press Democrat: NAVARRETTE: Obama embraces Bush terror policies 2010-03-15
    ... Justice Department-led task force concluded that nearly 50 of the 188 Guantanamo detainees should be held without trial, in violation of habeas corpus.
  • Indianapolis Star: Wartime lessons for liberals 2010-03-15
    ... Justice Department-led task force concluded that nearly 50 of the 188 Guantanamo detainees should be held without trial, in violation of habeas corpus.
  • Raw Story: Glenn Beck 'has teared up' during rehearsals, staffers say 2010-03-15
    ... herding people into "free speech" paddocks miles from the event, arresting people for wearing the wrong t-shirt, removing habeas corpus at presidential ...
  • Leagle.com: VALDES v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY 2010-03-15
    ... to provide that a United States district judge may refer dispositive pretrial motions, and petitions for writs of habeas corpus, to a magistrate ...
  • Leagle.com: EX PARTE MACKEY 2010-03-15
    Frank Mackey filed an application for writ of habeas corpus challenging the voluntariness of his guilty plea to the offense of felony driving ...
  • Leagle.com: EX PARTE DIGGES 2010-03-15
    Appellant filed applications for writ of habeas corpus seeking reductions of his pretrial bonds in the above cases. The trial court denied appellant ...
  • Daily News & Analysis: Let child marriage laws prevail, not Muslim personal law: Bombay high court 2010-03-15
    ... moved the court through a habeas corpus petition, seeking the custody of her daughter who was taken to the AD Bawla Children's Welfare Home in Versov ...
  • Leagle.com: COLVIN v. SHEETS 2010-03-15
    The district court therefore granted habeas relief. The Warden appeals. The district court's decision to grant habeas corpus relief is reviewed de novo.
  • Leagle.com: STANLEY v. SCHRIRO 2010-03-15
    He subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the district court and now appeals the district court's denial of that petition.
  • Leagle.com: VICKREY v. JONES 2010-03-15
    Vickrey filed a petition for habeas corpus which was subsequently amended to more clearly articulate the issues presented. Vickrey's claims centered around ...
  • Atlantic Online: Rationalizing Repression 2010-03-15
    "They are plaintiffs in offensive lawsuits, filed under the rubric of habeas corpus, challenging their detention as war prisoners.
  • Leagle.com: GRAY v. HARDY 2010-03-15
    After the state courts denied collateral relief, Gray petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC § 2254. He argued that the trial court violated ...
  • Leagle.com: CLEAVE v. WHITE 2010-03-15
    This is a habeas corpus case. On December 7, 2009, Magistrate Judge Magistrate Judge Paul J. Komives issued an Report and Recommendation ("R&R") in which he ...
  • Broadway World: Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet Separate 2010-03-15
    ... Stephen Sondheim's Company (which had the first ever African American "Bobby"), Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus and his farewell duo of Chekhov's Uncle ...
  • Leagle.com: PIERCE v. HARTLEY 2010-03-15
    Russell Pierce appeals the district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition under 28 USC § 2254. He claims that effective counsel would have moved ...
  • Manila Standard Today: Problems plaguing family courts 2010-03-15
    He filed a petition for habeas corpus and shared parental custody and authority because his wife practically hid their children from him and did not allow ...
  • Leagle.com: KNESEK v. STATE 2010-03-15
    ... meritorious claims of involuntary pleas and illegal sentences may be raised by other procedures such as motions for habeas corpus. See Ex parte Rich ...
  • All About Jazz: Infernal Machines 2010-03-15
    Similarly, "Habeas Corpus," on paper, could sound like a straightforward Point A to Point B transition but the sound is both complex and nuanced at the same ...
  • Leagle.com: IN RE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR RELEASE OF K.C. 2010-03-15
    When Mother located Father several years later and filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Perry Circuit Court, Father moved to dismiss, claiming th ...
  • Outlook: NGOs Intervene in HC Case, Oppose Muslim Minor's Marriage 2010-03-15
    The question arose because of the habeas corpus petition filed by one Zakia Begum, whose 15-year-old daughter was to be married last December.
  • Leagle.com: ROSS v. McKEE 2010-03-15
    On June 1, 2008, petitioner Tykee Ross filed a pro se application for the writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC § 2254. Respondent Kenneth McKee moved ...
  • Leagle.com: IN RE WEBER 2010-03-15
    P. 6(a) applies to determine the one year statute of limitation which applies to habeas corpus petitions); Monkelis v. Mobay Chemical, 827 F.2d 937 (3d Cir.
  • Cato @ Liberty: Playing Chicken Again 2010-03-15
    American citizens cannot be held without trial short of suspending habeas corpus, and Congress has not supplied language to comply with the Non-Detenti ...
  • Leagle.com: U.S. v. BERROA 2010-03-15
    We have stated that such an issue is "better reserved for 28 USC § 2255 [habeas corpus] actions" rather than direct appeal, because "collateral review ...
  • Leagle.com: REMME v. HILL 2010-03-15
    Paul Remme appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 USC § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction and sentence for four counts ...
  • Sequoyah County Times: Protestors want Make My Day Law applied 2010-03-15
    Bill Orendorff, Sallisaw attorney representing Jeremiah, presented a writ of habeas corpus and District Judge Jeff Payton recommended Jeremiah's bond be set ...
  • Connecticut Law Tribune: Judicial Nominee Should Face Tough Questions 2010-03-15
    He has thus far filed four habeas corpus petitions of his own in state court. He has also filed a series of pro se lawsuits. Lopez apparently has a lot ...
  • Leagle.com: IN RE BURKS 2010-03-15
    This Court has no authority to issue writs of mandamus in criminal law matters pertaining to habeas corpus proceedings seeking relief from final felony ...
  • Leagle.com: PEOPLE v. ARAGON 2010-03-15
    Defendant requests that, if we hold that he is appealing a nonappealable order, we consider his appeal as a petition for writ of mandate or habeas corpus.
  • ReadMedia: New York State Bar Association Launches New Blog: Guantanamo Bay and Beyond 2010-03-15
    ... crafting the Report on Executive Detention, Habeas Corpus and the Military Commissions Act of 2006, the NYSBA June 2008 House of Delegates Resoluti ...
  • Leagle.com: GONZALES v. ADAMS 2010-03-15
    Roland Gonzales, a California prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
  • Leagle.com: WALKER v. STATE 2010-03-15
    The 28 USC § 2254 petition for habeas corpus relief filed by Walker on February 14, 2010 is DENIED. 4. This cause of action is DISMISSED in accordance ...
  • Leagle.com: SARAVIA v. STATE 2010-03-15
    Appellant may pursue an out-of-time appeal by filing an application for writ of habeas corpus returnable to the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Tex.
  • Leagle.com: U.S. v. BEARDSLEE 2010-03-15
    After re-sentencing, Beardslee filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 USC § 2255. The district court received extensive briefing ...
  • Leagle.com: PEOPLE v. MACIEREZ 2010-03-15
    A claim of ineffective assistance in such a case is more appropriately decided in a habeas corpus proceeding." (People v. Mendoza Tello (1997) 15 Cal.4th ...

2010-03-14: Headlines

2010-03-13: Headlines

McClatchy Washington Bureau: America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men 2008-06

An eight-month McClatchy investigation in 11 countries on three continents has found that Akhtiar was one of dozens of men — and, according to several officials, perhaps hundreds — whom the U.S. has wrongfully imprisoned in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments.

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