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Aamer v. Obama is a habeas corpus appeal filed by three individuals held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo detention camps, in Cuba, against the Barack Obama Presidency. The three individuals filing the appeal were Shaker Aamer, Nabil Hadjarab and Ahmed Belbacha. They were protesting the camp administration's practice of force-feeding individuals refusing food, which they described as cruel, and not honoring their inherent right to make informed choices about their health care.

On February 11, 2014, a split ruling was published froma three judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. David S. Tatel wrote the ruling, and Thomas B. Griffith concurred. Stephen F. Williams opposed the ruling.