FC: Calif. federal court says it has no jurisdiction over Guantanamo

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

The decision:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/guantanamo.decision.022202.pdf

The case is Coalition of Clergy v. Bush, Civil No. 02-570 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 
21, 2002). Relevant excerpt:

> Having reviewed and considered all the arguments and conducted
> additional research on its own, the Court rules as follows:
> 1. Petitioners do not have standing to assert claims on behalf of the
> detainees.
> 2. Even if petitioners did have standing, this court lacks jurisdiction to
> entertain those claims.
> 3. No federal court would have jurisdiction over petitioners' claims, so
> there is no basis to transfer this matter to another federal district
> court.
> 4. The petition must be dismissed.




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