Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Habeas Corpus Proceedings

Slahi had habeas corpus petitions submitted on his behalf. In response, the Department of Defense published 27 pages of unclassified documents from his CSRT on July 14, 2005. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantánamo detainees were no longer entitled access to the US Federal Court system, so all outstanding habeas petitions were stayed. In June 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Boumediene v. Bush that the MCA of 2006 could not remove detainees' right of access to the Federal Courts. All previous habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated. On July 16, 2008, Sylvia Royce filed a status report on the progress of Slahi's previous petitions. The report states that Slahi's habeas petition had been dismissed on April 5, 2007 and a motion to reinstate was filed on June 23, 2008.