Anam v. Bush

is a writ of habeas corpus

Habeas corpus

is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...

 filed on behalf of a dozen Guantanamo detainees.
The petition was filed before US District Court Judge Henry H. Kennedy on July 14, 2004.

Details of the captives

Captives whose cases were amalgamated in Anam v. Bush

name	isn	notes
Ali Ahmed Mohammed Al Rezehi	045	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Ali Husayn Abdullah Al-Tays	162	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides. Was repatriated in December 2006.
Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi Ali Yahya Mahdi Al Raimi is a Yemeni who was captured and transferred to the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.The Department of Defense estimates that he was born in 1984 in Sana'a, Yemen....	167	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Al Sarim	235	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Khaled Ahmed Qassim Muse'd	242	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Riyad Atag Ali Abdoh Al Haj	256	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Abdul Khaleq Ahmed Sahleh Al-Baidhani	553	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Jalal Salim Bin Amer	564	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Suhail Abdoh Anam	569	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides. On 19 September 2008 Darold W. Killmer filed a "PETITIONER SUHAIL ABDU ANAM’S OPPOSITION TO RESPONDENTS’ REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION FROM SEQUENCING" on behalf of Suhail Abdu Anam (ISN 569) in Civil Action No. 04-1194 (HHK). Anam's lawyers were objecting to the government's delay in filing a "factual return" in his case.
Abdualaziz Abdoh Abdullah Ali Al Swidhi	578	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Emad Abdullah Hassan	680	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed Al Tawlaqi	688	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Bashir Nasir Ali Al Marwalah	837	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.
Musa'ab Omar Al Mudwani	839	His privileged habeas corpus documents were seized in June 2006, following the first successful suicides.

Military Commissions Act

The Military Commissions Act of 2006

Military Commissions Act of 2006

The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Hamdan v...

 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.

Boumediene v. Bush

On June 12, 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush

Boumediene v. Bush

Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 , was a writ of habeas corpus submission made in a civilian court of the United States on behalf of Lakhdar Boumediene, a naturalized citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, held in military detention by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba...

, that the Military Commissions Act of 2006

Military Commissions Act of 2006

The United States Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. Drafted in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Hamdan v...

 could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.