Dennis Hasty
Respondent Supporting Petitioners
Michael L. Martinez, Counsel of Record Dennis Hasty is the former warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. He was named in Javaid Iqbal’s lawsuit and has filed a brief supporting the Petitioners’ appeal of the Second Circuit’s ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael L. Martinez is a partner with the law firm Crowell & Moring, where he specializes in dispute resolution, torts, and white-collar law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 29, 2008. This case involves the intersection of…
