...The case, Al Shimari v CACI, has been shuttled back and forth between the district and appellate courts over the years, with CACI on numerous occasions filing motions to dismiss the case. According to Katherine Gallagher, a lead attorney for Ejaili and the other plaintiffs, the judge said that a ruling will be delivered this October.

Gallagher, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), has spent much of her career fighting cases regarding civil liberties, war crimes and torture, including several cases regarding the abuses that took place at Abu Ghraib. ...

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