Al-Marri v. Spagone

al-Marri v. Spagone
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 2009
Full case name	Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, Petitioner v. Daniel Spagone, United States Navy Commander, Consolidated Naval Brig
Docket no.	08-368
Citations	555 U.S. 1220 (more) 129 S. Ct. 1545; 173 L. Ed. 2d 671; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1777; 77 U.S.L.W. 3502; 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 701
Case history
Prior	Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Subsequent	Dismissed as moot
Questions presented
Whether U.S. residents can be imprisoned indefinitely for suspected wrongdoing without being charged with a crime and tried before a jury.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito

al-Marri v. Spagone, 555 U.S. 1220 (2009), was a legal case in which the United States Supreme Court had to decide whether individuals can be imprisoned indefinitely for suspected wrongdoing without being charged with a crime and tried before a jury.^[1][2] The case was dismissed as moot on March 6, 2009, by the application of the Acting Solicitor General to transfer petitioner from military custody to the custody of the Attorney General.^[3]

The Fourth Circuit had ruled that a United States resident cannot be held on suspicion of terrorist activities, but must be charged in a domestic court or released.