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Almerfedi v. Obama

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on June 11, 2012.

Docket No.11-683
Op. BelowD.C. Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force, Pub. L. No. 107-40 " 2(a), 115 Stat. 224 (2001) ("AUMF"), or Boumediene v. Bush, permits detention on the basis of three facts that are themselves not incriminating; (2) whether the AUMF or Boumediene authorizes a standard of proof under which, if the government puts forward some credible evidence justifying the detainee"s detention, the detainee, to prevail, must rebut government"s evidence; and (3) whether the Court of Appeals" manifest unwillingness to allow Guantanamo detainees to prevail in their habeas corpus cases calls for the exercise of this Court"s supervisory power.

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