Nadarajah v. Gonzales

443 F.3d 1069 Ahilan NADARAJAH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General; Tom Ridge; Michael J. Garcia; Ron Smith; Hector Najera; Barbara Wagner, Warden, in their official capacities, Respondents-Appellees. No. 05-56759. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 2006. Filed March 17, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Ranjana Natrarajan, Ahilan T. Arulanatham, Mark D. Rosenbaum; ACLU Foundation of Southern California; Los Angeles, CA; and Jordan C. Budd, ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties; San Diego, CA; attorneys for appellant. Christopher C. Fuller, Michael P. Lindemann, and Peter D. Keisler; United States Department of Justice; Washington, D.C.; attorneys for appellee. Molly K. Beutz and James J. Silk; Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic; Yale Law School; New Haven, CT; attorneys for amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-01939-LAB. Before SIDNEY R. THOMAS and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and JAMES M. FITZGERALD, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge THOMAS. THOMAS,…