Federal Judge Blocks U.S. From Transferring Citizen Held In Iraq To Another Country

A federal judge has blocked the U.S. government from transferring to another country an American citizen who has been held without charge by the U.S. military in Iraq for more than seven months. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a preliminary injunction blocking a U.S. plan to transfer the prisoner, currently being held by American forces in Iraq. Federal Judge Blocks Transfer Of American Being Held In Syria

The U.S. is holding a dual American-Saudi citizen who was captured in Syria and is suspected of being a member of ISIS. The name of the country the detainee was facing transfer to was redacted from the public version of court filings, but he is known to be a U.S.-Saudi dual citizen, and it appears his likely destination was Saudi Arabia. However, the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the unnamed prisoner, hailed Chutkan's decision as vindication of the right of an American citizen not to be transferred to a foreign government against his will when no charges are pending against him.
A US federal judge rules the Department of Defence cannot transfer an unidentified ISIS suspect with US-Saudi dual citizenship to an unnamed foreign country.