Zayn Al-Abidin Husayn v. United States

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: April 25, 2022
• Docket: 18-35218
• Status: Published

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ZAYN AL-ABIDIN MUHAMMAD No. 18-35218 HUSAYN; JOSEPH MARGULIES, Petitioners-Appellants, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-00171- v. JLQ

JAMES ELMER MITCHELL; JOHN JESSEN, ORDER Respondents,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Intervenor-Appellee.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Filed April 25, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judge, and Dean D. Pregerson, * District Judge.

Order

* The Honorable Dean D. Pregerson, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. 2 HUSAYN V. UNITED STATES

COUNSEL

David F. Klein and John Chamberlain, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jerry Moberg, Jerry Moberg & Associates, Ephrata, Washington; for Petitioners- Appellants.

H. Thomas Byron III and Catherine H. Dorsey, Appellate Staff; Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Intervenor-Appellee.

On March 3, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in this case, reversing our prior judgment in Husayn v. Mitchell, 938 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2019). See United States v. Zubaydah, 142 S. Ct. 959 (2022). As directed by the Supreme Court, the district court’s judgment dismissing Petitioner-Appellants’ application for discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 is AFFIRMED.