Aamer v. Obama

Aamer, Belbacha, and Dhiab (plaintiffs) were Guantanamo Bay detainees who went on a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment. The government responded with force-feeding via nasogastric tubes. Each detainee petitioned for habeas corpus and sued President Obama and his administration (defendants), seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the force-feeding. The district court denied the injunction, and the detainees appealed.

Whether a prison regulation that infringes an inmate's constitutional rights is nonetheless valid where it is reasonably related to a legitimate penological interest.