'' Ashcroft v. al-Kidd '' , 563 U.S. 731 ( 2011 ) , is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft could not be personally sued for his involvement in the detention of a U.S. citizen in the wake of the September 11 , 2001 attacks in the United States
September 11 , 2001 attacks
September 11 attacks
Ashcroft v. al-Kidd