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In September 2002, Yemeni man suspected of assisting al Qaeda "traveled to Cairo, Egypt on business and disappeared. He arrived at United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay two years later." He tries to file a writ of habeas corpus. Gov't: Habeas isn't a thing if you're at Guantanamo Bay.…

Virginia couple facing trial for drug-related crimes in the fall of 2021 were not vaccinated against COVID-19 due to their sincerely held beliefs. The district court, over the defense's objection, struck all unvaccinated prospective jurors. Did that violate the Sixth Amendment's requirement that…

A 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Jack Teixeira, was arrested without incident as a suspect in the recent leak of classified U.S. intelligence documents, the Department of Justice said Thursday (…

One power of a magistrate judge is to conduct evidentiary hearings and submit a report to an Article III judge recommending how to rule on a motion to suppress. If a party disagrees with the magistrate's report and recommendation, the district court judge is to conduct de novo review. Does 4½…

The overtime fraud trial of four Boston police officers kicked off Tuesday in federal court with attorneys for the current and former cops countering prosecutors' theft claims by arguing it was a "time-honored, accepted practice" to file for overtime in four-hour chunks regardless of how long…

Jan. 6 rioters challenge their indictment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), which makes it a crime to "corruptly . . . obstruct, influence, or impede any official proceeding." District court: Agreed. Indictment dismissed because 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(1) is all about destroying evidence, so (c…

Cleveland, Ohio man is sentenced in 1991 for a murder he claims he didn't commit. In 2016, the Ohio Innocence Project takes an interest in his case and files multiple public-records requests for case documents. Assistant prosecutor Barbara Rhodes Marburger turns over a heavily redacted file.…

The U.S. Sentencing Commission approved new guidelines on Wednesday that will expand federal inmates' ability to qualify for compassionate release from prison (view full article…

If you're charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm but you don't know you're a felon, are you really a felon in possession of a firearm? Fourth Circuit: Nope, not according to the Supreme Court. That means our friend…

Attorneys for accused synagogue shooter Robert Bowers have again asked for the death penalty to be taken off the table (view full…