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Rumsfeld v. Padilla 542 U.S. 426 (2004) was a United States Supreme Court case in which José Padilla an American citizen sought habeas corpus relief against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a result of his detention by the military as an unlawful combatant. On May 8 2002 Padilla a U.S. citizen flew from Pakistan to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.