Rasul v. Bush.U.S. District Court ALIEN Rasul v. Bush Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals (non-U.S. citizens) held in Guantanamo Bay were rightfully imprisoned. , 215 F.Supp.2d 55 (D.D.C. 2002). Aliens being detained by the U.S. government at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus Noun 1. writ of habeas corpus - a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge habeas corpus judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer , and alleged violations of due process and the Alien Tort Claims Act tort claims act n. a federal or state act which, under certain conditions, waives governmental immunity and allows lawsuits by people who claim they have been harmed by torts (wrongful acts), including negligence, by government agencies or their employees. (ATCA See AdvancedTCA. ). The district court dismissed the actions, holding that the cases could be considered only as petitions for writs of habeas corpus, and finding that aliens held by the United States outside the sovereign territory of the United States could not use U.S. courts to pursue petitions for habeas relief. (U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) |
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