Supreme Court of the United States

Rumsfeld v. Padilla — Stevens, J., Dissenting

June 28, 2004542 U.S. 426

Summary

Justice Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, dissents from the Court’s disposition. He argues the Southern District of New York had proper venue to hear Padilla’s habeas petition, the Secretary of Defense was the proper respondent and he would have held the Non-Detention Act prohibits the detention.