Does 1-570 v. Bush, No. 1:05-cv-00313, is a combined writ of habeas corpus submitted on behalf of detainees held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
| Does 1-570 v. Bush | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
| Full case name | John Does 1-570 v. George W. Bush |
| Docket nos. | 1:05-cv-00313 |
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| Judge sitting | Colleen Kollar-Kotelly |
Following the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the United States began an offensive known as the War on Terror. A number of individuals suspected of terrorist ties or activities were held in Cuba at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.
Several hundred of the detainees in Guantanamo had individual habeas corpus petitions filed on their behalf. When the lawyers working on the captives' behalf encountered difficulties with the Department of Defense over the captives' names,[2] they filed this class action on behalf of all the detainees.
John Does 1-570 v. George W. Bush, which is essentially a class-action suit involving every enemy combatant at Gitmo not already suing the president for release during wartime.
The Government then informed counsel in December that the detainee had been positively identified because the newer version of the name more closely matched a detainee. However, the Government refused to provide the detainee's identification ISN number and also refused to allow the lawyers to send a letter to their client until the attorneys displayed their 'authority to initiate litigation on behalf of the petitioner.'
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