3. The initial petition for habeas relief was
filed on June 11, 2002, and it was amended on June 19, 2002. The
amended petition states that Padilla has been detained by the military
without being "charged with any offense" (Amend. Pet. 30) and without
access to counsel (id. 28). The amended petition raises
three claims challenging the "[]lawfulness of [Padilla's] detention."
Id. at 7 (heading).
First, the amended petition contends (id.
32-35) that Padilla's detention violates the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth
Amendments to the United States Constitution, on the basis that it is
unlawful, inter alia, to detain "an American citizen without
giving notice of the basis of his detention" (id. 33) and
"without a finding of probable cause" (id. 35). Second, the
amended petition claims (id. 36-37) that, "[t]o the extent the
Presidential Order on which Mr. Padilla is held as an 'enemy
combatant' disallows any challenge to the legality of [his] detention
by way of habeas corpus, the Order and its enforcement constitutes an
unlawful Suspension of the Writ, in violation of Article I of the
United States Constitution." Finally, the amended petition asserts (id.
at 38-40) that, because the "Courts of the United States are
open[] and no state of martial law exists," Padilla's detention by the
military violates the Posse Comitatus Act, 18 U.S.C. 1385. The
amended petition seeks, among other relief, an order permitting
Padilla to meet with counsel, an order barring any direct or indirect
interrogation of Padilla during his detention, and an order releasing
Padilla from his custody as an enemy combatant. Amend. Pet. at 9.
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