1 background 1.1 life , capture 1.2 detention , legal challenge 1.3 district case 1.4 appellate case background hamdi during detention @ guantanamo bay. early life , capture yaser esam hamdi born in louisiana citizen of united states in 1980. same year, , family moved saudi arabia. according father, hamdi went afghanistan in late summer of 2001 relief worker. captured less 2 months after arrival afghan northern alliance. turned him on u.s. military authorities during u.s. invasion. classified enemy combatant u.s. armed forces , detained in connection ongoing hostilities. hamdi s father claimed hamdi had gone afghanistan relief work , trapped there when u.s. invasion began, citing young age , lack of travel experience reasons being trapped. detention , legal challenge after capture in 2001, hamdi detained , interrogated in afghanistan. in january 2002, americans transferred hamdi guantanamo bay. in april 2002, when officials discovered held u.s. (as saudi) citizenship, transferred him n...