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Legal briefs in the case of the Cuban Five

10/22/13: Supplemental motion for Ramón Labañino addressing the threat of government-paid journalists to the integrity of the jury process

5/3/13: Granting of motion by René González to be allowed to remain in Cuba permanently!!
4/12/13: Granting of motion by René González to be allowed to return to Cuba for his father's memorial service
4/3/13: Motion by René González to be allowed to return to Cuba for his father's memorial service

1/28/13: Bill Norris Affidavit
1/28/13: Martin Garbus Affidavit
1/28/13: Judge's Order Granting Page Limitation Motion
1/28/13: Motion to Exceed Page Limitation
1/28/13: Gerardo Reply to Government
11/29/12: United States' unopposed motion for leave to file consolidated reply/response
11/16/12: Various supplemental motions on behalf of Gerardo Hernández: 123456
9/20/12: Governnent motion to strike
8/31/12: Affidavit of Martin Garbus in support of the motion to set aside the conviction and, in the alternative, in support of Gerardo Hernández' motion for discovery and oral argumentSpanish translation of affidavit
8/31/12: Memorandum of Law accompanying affidavitSpanish translation of memorandum
8/31/12: Appendices to the affidavit

7/30/12: Response by René González to government response
7/16/12: Government response to motion by René González to be allowed to return to Cuba to serve the remainder of his probation there
6/22/12: Motion by René González to be allowed to return to Cuba to serve the remainder of his probation there
6/22/12: Appendix to the motion

7/6/12: Goverment reply to Hernández' motion
6/6/12: Gerardo Hernández Motion for Oral Argument and Discovery
6/6/12: Gerardo Hernández' proposed requests for admission, interrogatories, document requests, and subpoenas

3/19/12: Permission for René González to travel to Cuba
3/12/12: U.S. government response to motion by René González to travel to Cuba
2/24/12: Motion by René González to travel to Cuba

2/19/12: Reply by Fernando González to the government's response to his 2255 memorandum
2/17/12: Reply by Ramón Labañino to the government's response to his 2255 memorandum

12/6/11: U.S. government response to Fernando González' 2255 motion (pdf)
12/6/11: Attachments A-C (pdf)
12/6/11: Attachment D-F (pdf)

2/16/11: Motion by René González to modify the conditions of his release
3/25/11: Reply by René González to the government's response to his motion to modify the conditions of his release
9/16/11: Denial of motion to change the conditions of René González' release

8/16/11: Reply by Antonio Guerrero to the government's response to his 2255 memorandum
8/16/11: Reply by Gerardo Hernández to the government's response to his 2255 memorandum

8/8/11: 2255 (Habeas) Memorandum of Ramón Labañino

4/25/11: U.S. government response to Gerardo Hernández' 2255 motion (pdf)
4/25/11: Attachment 1 (pdf)
4/25/11: Attachment 2 (pdf)

3/21/11: Affidavit of Gerardo Hernández (pdf)
3/21/11: Affidavit of Gerardo Hernández (html, in English and Spanish)
3/5/11: 2255 Memorandum of Antonio Guerrero

10/12/10: Habeas appeal of Gerardo Hernández
10/12/10: Attachments to Habeas appeal (zip file)
6/15/10: Notice of intent to file Habeas appeal for Gerardo
6/14/10: Habeas addendum

10/23/09: Transcript of the resentencing hearing of Antonio Guerrero

10/8/09: Resentencing memorandum for Antonio Guerrero

5/09: Reply brief for petitions to the U.S. Government response
5/09: U.S. Government response to the writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court

3/6/09: Amicus brief of Nobel Prize winners Jose Ramoshorta, Wole Soyinka, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Nadine Gordimer, Rigoberta Menchu, Jose Saramago, Zhores Alferov, Dario Fo, Gunter Grass, and Mairead Corrigan Maguire
3/6/09: Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
3/6/09: Amicus brief of Cuban-American Scholars, et al.
3/6/09: Amicus brief of Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen, et al.
3/6/09: Amicus brief of National Jury Project
3/6/09: Amicus brief of William C. Velsaques Institute and the Mexican American Political Association
3/6/09: Amicus brief of National Lawyers Guild and National Conference of Black Lawyers
3/6/09: Amicus brief of The Civil Rights Clinic at Howard University School of Law
3/6/09: Amicus brief of International Association of Democratic Lawyers, et al.
3/6/09: Amicus brief of Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami Chapter
3/6/09: Amicus brief of Center for International Policy and the Council on Hemispheric Affairs
3/6/09: Amicus brief of Senate of the United Mexican States, et al.

1/30/09: Writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court
1/30/09: Writ of certiorari Appendix

9/2/08: Rehearing petition denial - Gerardo
9/2/08: Rehearing petition denial - the Five
7/24/08: Petition for rehearing en banc - Gerardo
7/24/08: Petition for rehearing en banc - Gerardo
7/24/08: Petition for rehearing en banc - Fernando, René, Antonio, and Ramon
6/4/08: June 4 Appeals Court decision

January 2007: Defense Supplemental Reply Brief
December 2006: Government reply to the Five's Supplemental Brief
11/22/06: Supplemental Brief - Antonio
11/22/06: Supplemental Brief - Ramon
11/22/06: Supplemental Brief - Gerardo, Fernando, & René
8/9/06: En Banc Decision
11/16/05: Appeals Process Calendar
8/9/05: 11th Circuit Opinion
2006: US Attorney brief for en banc hearing
2006: A. Guerrero En banc reply brief
2006: G. Hernández En banc reply brief
2006: R. González En banc reply brief
2006: R. Labaniño En banc reply brief
2006: F. González En banc reply brief

11/02: Motion for retrial of Antonio Guerrero

2001: Writ of Prohibition

12/27/00: Gag Order on Witnesses during trial

5/11/1999: Second Superseding Indictment

Declaration of the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions

Antonio Guerrero En banc brief
Fernando González En banc brief
Gerardo Hernández En banc brief
Ramon Labaniño En banc brief
René González En banc brief
Fernando González Appeal
Fernando González Final Reply
Gerardo Hernández Appeal
Antonio Guerrero Appeal
René González Appeal
Ramon Labaniño Appeal
Ramon Labaniño Final Reply
Antonio Guerrero-Appeals Brief
Antonio Guerrero-Reply Brief
René González-Appeals Brief
René González-Reply Brief
Ramon Labaniño-Appeals Brief
Ramon Labaniño-Reply Brief
Gerardo Hernandéz-Appeals Brief
Gerardo Hernandéz-Reply Brief
Fernando González-Appeals Brief
Fernando González-Final Brief
National Lawyers Guild Amicus Brief for Antonio Guerrero, 06/20/03
Amicus Brief 04/09/03
Analysis of the Case (2003)

Freedom of Information Act information
on U.S. Government payments to Miami journalists

Main Index

7/8/11: Partnership for Civil Justice appeal to the State Dept. on behalf of Liberation Newspaper for expedited release of information
9/8/11: State Dept. denial of appeal for expedited release

5/20/10: Plaintiff's reply in the lawsuit by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five against the Broadcasting Board of Governors

9/9/09: Lawsuit by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five against the Broadcasting Board of Governors

Freedom of Information Act information
on the Shootdown

12/21/11: Brief for the appellee, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law vs. National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency
1/6/12: Reply brief of appellant
6/14/12: Letter from U.S. Coast Guard to CHRCL
8/2/12: Letter from CHRCL to U.S. Coast Guard
9/13/12: Letter from DIA to CHRCL
11/2/12: Letter from CHRCL to DIA
1/15/13: Letter to Gerardo Hernández
1/15/13: Draft letter to Clinton Library
1/23/13: 9th Circuit Reversal

Legal briefs in the case of Luis Posada Carriles

12/16/10: Denial of defense motion to exclude evidence
12/6/10: Defense motion to strike belated discovery
12/3/10: Statement by Peter Brennan (Dept. of State) stating that Otto Rodriguez Llerena and Francisco Chavez Abarca are in jail in Cuba but may be available to testify against Posada by deposition
12/3/10: U.S. Government motion to allow deposition of witnesses in Cuba
5/28/10: U.S. Government motion on production of evidence
4/7/09: U.S. Government indictment of Luis Posada Carriles
4/7/09: U.S. Government motion to set trial date in the case of Luis Posada Carriles
4/7/09: U.S. Government motion to set bond in the case of Luis Posada Carriles

11/6/07: U.S. Government appeal in the case of Luis Posada Carriles

1971: Montreal Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against civil aviation

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