DAVID SLOSS

HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION

· Filed amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of foreign nationals whose rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations were violated

n Click here for copy of amicus brief (filed December 2005)

· Filed amicus briefs in U.S. Supreme Court and in D.C. Circuit Court on behalf of petitioner in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a case brought by a Guantanamo detainee who has been designated for trial by military commission

n Click here for copy of amicus brief filed in U.S. Supreme Court (Jan. 2006)

n Click here for copy of amicus brief filed in D.C. Circuit (Dec. 2004)

· Represent petitioner in Gray v. United States, a petition filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that presents claims related to implementation of capital punishment in Missouri (2004-present). [NOTE: Marlin Gray was executed on October 26, 2005. The case before the Commission is still pending.]

n Click here for copy of Petition to IACHR (April 2004)

n Click here for copy of US Response to Petition (August 2004)

n Click here for copy of Petitioners’ Observations on US Response (Sept. 2004)

n Click here for copy of Petition to Missouri Supreme Court Seeking Stay of Execution While Case is Pending Before the IACHR (May 2005)

n Click here for copy of Respondent’s Opposition to Petition for Stay of Execution (June 2005)

n Click here for copy of Reply to Respondent’s Opposition (July 2005)

n Click here for copy of Letter to Governor (October 2005)

n Click here for copy of IACHR Report No. 79/05 (concluding that petition is admissible) (October 2005)

· Represented petitioner in Krebs v. United States, a petition filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that presented claims related to the California death penalty statute (2002)

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· Expert for defense in People v. Krebs, a California death penalty case in which the defense raised an international human rights challenge to the California death penalty statute (2000-2001)

· Counsel for plaintiffs in Cabello v. Fernandez-Larios, an Alien Tort Claims Act case against a defendant who served as a senior official of the Chilean intelligence service under Pinochet (1999)