'' Ziglar v. Abbasi '' , 582 U.S. ___ ( 2017 ) , is a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the Court determined , by a vote of 4-2 , that unlawfully present aliens arrested in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks can not sue for money high level federal officials for the conditions of their confinement . The case was consolidated with '' Hastey v. Abbasi '' , and '' Ashcroft v. Abbasi '' . It was argued on January 18 , 2017
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Ziglar v. Abbasi