REDHA AL-NAJAR, PETITIONER,
v.
ASHTON B. CARTER, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ET AL.
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The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review a lower court decision regarding the detention of foreign nationals held by the United States military, but vacated the judgment as moot because the petitioners had been transferred to custody of other nations after the lower court's decision and before Supreme Court review. The Court applied mootness doctrine to dismiss the case without addressing the underlying legal merits.
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On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Petitions in these cases seek review of the judgments of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Al-Najar v. Obama,No. 12-5401, 2013 WL 6767861 (CADC 2013), and Amanatullah v. Obama,No. 12-5407, 2013 WL 6767861 (CADC 2013). They do not seek review of judgments in Al-Maqaleh v. Hagel,No. 12-5404, 2013 WL 6767861 (CADC 2013), or Al Bakri v. Obama,No. 12-5399, 2013 WL 6767861 (CADC 2013), which were consolidated with petitioners' appeals. Subsequent to decisions of the court below, petitioners were transferred from custody of the United States to custody of other nations. As a result, these cases have become moot. Motion of petitioner in No. 14-6575 for leave to proceed n forma pauperisgranted. Petition for writ of certiorari granted. Judgments vacated with respect to these petitioners. See United States v. Munsingwear,340 U.S. 36, 71 S.Ct. 104, 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950); al-Marri v. Spagone,555 U.S. 1220, 129 S.Ct. 1545, 173 L.Ed.2d 671 (2009).