Case: Jamal Kiyemba, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al.
Abbreviation: Kiyemba v. Obama
Decision Date: 2011-04-18
Docket Number: No. 10-775
Citation: 179 L. Ed. 2d 925
Volume: 179
Reporter: United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Jamal Kiyemba, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al.
Judges: Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
Pages: 925–926

Head Matter:
No. 10-775.
Jamal Kiyemba, et al., Petitioners v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al.
563 U.S. 954, 131 S. Ct. 1631,
179 L. Ed. 2d 925,
2011 U.S. LEXIS 2826.
April 18, 2011.

Opinion:
The motion of petitioners for leave to file a supplemental brief under seal is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and this petition.
Same case below, 390 U.S. App. D.C. 429, 605 F.3d 1046.
Statement of
Justice Breyer,
with whom Justice Kennedy, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Sotomayor join, respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari.
Petitioners have been held for several years in custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—a detention that the Government agrees was without lawful cause. Brief in Opposition 2. They seek a judicial order that would require their release from custody into the United States. The District Court concluded that the law entitled petitioners to such an order. In re Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation, 581 F. Supp. 2d 33 (DC 2008). The Court of Appeals held to the contrary. Kiyemba v. Obama, 555 F.3d 1022 (CADC 2009). And this Court initially granted certiorari to resolve the important question whether a district court may order the release of an unlawfully held prisoner into the United States where no other remedy is available. Kiyemba v. Obama, 558 U.S. 969, 130 S. Ct. 458, 175 L. Ed. 2d 306 (2009).
The Court subsequently learned that each of the remaining petitioners had received and rejected at least two offers of resettlement. In light of these changed circumstances, the Court vacated the Court of Appeals' decision and remanded the case to the lower courts to "determine, in the first instance, what further proceedings in that court or in the District Court are necessary and appropriate for the full and prompt disposition of the case in light of the new developments." Kiyemba v. Obama, 559 U.S. 131, 132, 130 S. Ct. 1235, 175 L. Ed. 2d 1070 (2010) (per curiam). The Court of Appeals found that no further proceedings were necessary and reinstated its prior opinion as modified. 605 F.3d 1046 (CADC 2010) (per curiam). Petitioners have asked this Court to review the Court of Appeals' decision.