Yaser Esam Hamdi and Esam Fouad Hamdi, as Next Friend of Yaser Esam Hamdi, Petitioners v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al.

 

No. 03-6696.

 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

 

540 U.S. 1099; 124 S. Ct. 981; 157 L. Ed. 2d 812; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 12; 72 U.S.L.W. 3446

 

January 9, 2004, Decided

 

 

PRIOR HISTORY: Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 316 F.3d 450, 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 198 (4th Cir. Va., 2003)

 

 

JUDGES: [*1]  Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer.

 

 

OPINION

 

Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted.

 


[For decision in this case, see 542 U.S. 547 (2004).]