Rumi v. Bush

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: November 10, 2009
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2006-0619
• Status: Published

Opinion

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

RUMI v. OBAMA ) Civil Case No. 06-619 (RJL)

-vz; . MEMORANDUM ORDER (November ~, 2009)

Petitioners Abbas Rumi, Ali Adel Motaleb Aweid Al Khaiy, and Ameur

Mammar filed habeas petitions with this Court to contest their detention by the

United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since filing their petitions, however, all

have been transferred out of Guantanamo Bay and do not remain in the United

States' custody. I Therefore, their petitions are moot and no longer within the

jurisdiction of the Court. See, e.g., Kiyemba v. Obama, 569 F.3d 509,515 (D.C.

Cir. 2009) (holding that Munafv. Geren, 128 S. Ct. 2207 (2008), bars a district

court from entertaining habeas petitions of individuals held abroad by foreign

governments ).

I The United States Government relinquished custody of Rumi and Al Khaiy on January 21,2009, when it transferred them to the control of the Government oflraq. Notice of Transfer of Petitioner, Rumi v. Obama, No. 06-619 [Okt. 77]; Notice of Transfer of Petitioner, Al Khaiy v. Obama, No. 05-1239 [Okt. 61]. Mammar was transferred out of United States custody and into the control of the Government of Algeria on October 8, 2008. Notice of Transfer of Petitioner, Mammar v. Obama, No. 05-573 [Dkt. 88]. ..

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the habeas petitions of Abbas

Rumi, Ali Adel Motaleb Aweid Al Khaiy, and Ameur Mammar are DENIED and

their cases DISMISSED with prejudice.

SO ORDERED. , ~United States District Judge