United States Eleventh Circuit

The denial of Petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed, where Section 5 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 precludes Petitioner from invoking the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War as a source of rights in a habeas proceeding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2009
• Published 04/08/2009

Judges

• RESTANI, Chief Judge:, Before DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jon A. May, May & Cohen, P.A., Miami, FL, for Noriega.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lisa A. Hirsch, Kathleen Sayler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sean Paul Cronin, Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.