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DOJ Recommends Habeas Proceedings: Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has a post on the Justice Department's recommendation to the D.C. Circuit to put the appeals of 190 detainees on hold, so that the detainees may go forward with their habeas claims in district court. The government's motion can be found here. According to Denniston, today's DOJ filing covers two types of appeals in the D.C. Circuit Court. The first appeals, "in abeyance," are from 190 detainees challenging their status as enemy combatants. The second type of appeal belongs to about 100 detainees who are challenging the denial of earlier habeas actions, as well as "challenging orders not to move detainees, or orders to give detainees? lawyers notice before a prisoner is sent away from Guantanamo, plus some disputes over classified materials...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).