Case Name: Mahmoad ABDAH, Detainee, Camp Delta, et al., Appellees v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-11
Citations: 630 F.3d 1047
Docket Number: Nos. 05-5224, 05-5225, 05-5227, 05-5229, 05-5230, 05-5232, 05-5235, 05-5236, 05-5237, 05-5238, 05-5239, 05-5242, 05-5243, 05-5244, 05-5246, 05-5248, 05-5337, 05-5338, 05-5374, 05-5390, 05-5398, 05-5479, 05-5484, 05-5486, 06-5037, 06-5041, 06-5043, 06-5062, 06-5065, 06-5094
Parties: Mahmoad ABDAH, Detainee, Camp Delta, et al., Appellees v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Appellants.
Judges: BEFORE: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG, HENDERSON, ROGERS, TATEL, GARLAND, BROWN, GRIFFITH, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 630
Pages: 1047–1054

Head Matter:
Mahmoad ABDAH, Detainee, Camp Delta, et al., Appellees v. Barack OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Appellants.
Nos. 05-5224, 05-5225, 05-5227, 05-5229, 05-5230, 05-5232, 05-5235, 05-5236, 05-5237, 05-5238, 05-5239, 05-5242, 05-5243, 05-5244, 05-5246, 05-5248, 05-5337, 05-5338, 05-5374, 05-5390, 05-5398, 05-5479, 05-5484, 05-5486, 06-5037, 06-5041, 06-5043, 06-5062, 06-5065, 06-5094.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Jan. 11, 2011.
Marc D. Falkoff, Northern Illinois University College of Law, De Kalb, IL, Alan A. Pemberton, Schuyler W. Livingston, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, David Harry Remes, Appeal for Justice, Silver Spring, MD, for Appellees.
Sydney Andrea Ramsey Foster, Dana Lydia Kaersvang, Esquire, Matthew M. Collette, Gregory George Katsas, Douglas N. Letter, Esquire, Robert Mark Loeb, U.S. Department of Justice, Peter Douglas Keisler, Esquire, Sidley Austin LLP, Kenneth L. Wainstein, The White House, Washington, DC, for Appellants.
BEFORE: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG, HENDERSON, ROGERS, TATEL, GARLAND, BROWN, GRIFFITH, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellees' petition for initial en banc hearing and the response thereto were circulated to the full court, and a vote was requested. Thereafter, a majority of the judges eligible to participate did not vote in favor of the petition. Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that the petition be denied.
* Circuit Judges Rogers, Tatel, and Griffith would grant the petition.
* A statement by Circuit Judge Griffith, with whom Circuit Judges Rogers and Ta-tel join, dissenting from the denial of initial en banc hearing, is attached.