latimes.com
California -- A federal judge in Los Angeles late Friday struck down a last-ditch effort by the U.S. government to continue jailing a Buena Park man detained for two years because of his alleged ties to terrorism.
The after-hours ruling ended a day of roller-coaster emotions for Abdel Jabbar Hamdan and his family.
Hamdan, 45, had been ordered freed Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. and was looking forward to going home. But Department of Justice lawyers asked for time to seek an emergency stay, and filed a motion at 3 p.m. Friday asking Hatter to consider Hamdan's alleged danger to the public and the possibility that he might flee.
Posted by Tyne at July 30, 2006