* Kar v. Rumsfeld (D.D.C. Sep. 26, 2008)
A very interesting opinion by Judge Robertson. Cyrus Kar is a US citizen who was arrested in Baghdad in 2005, and subsequently held by the US military for two months on suspicion of involvement with IED attacks. He brought a Bivens claim for damages for alleged violations of his Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights:
Fourth Amendment claim: the government violated the Fourth Amendment by (i) failing to provide him with a probable cause hearing or its equivalent for almost seven weeks and (ii) continuing to detain him even after determining that he was innocent; Read the rest of this entry »