In Re Martin Akerman

Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) acted appropriately in bifurcating the petitioner’s timely joint submissions (Nos. 24-83, 23-6709, 23-6710, and 24-339), which challenge his military detention under 10 U.S.C. § 950g, thereby affecting his access to judicial review under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(e) following the exhaustion of all other habeas relief options. Whether the D.C. Circuit’s decision to designate case No. 2023-1268 (corresponding to Supreme Court docket 24-83) as private and its approach in describing the petitioner’s claims to the Supreme Court clerk during the docketing of Nos. 24-83 and 24A430 may have unintentionally restricted the petitioner’s right to fair and transparent consideration of his habeas relief request. Whether collaborative actions between the D.C. Circuit and the Federal Circuit may adversely affect a detained whistleblower’s ability to fully access judicial procedures, as evidenced in docket Nos. 24-83, 24-443 and the request for recusal in FOIA docket No. 24-339.