Last week, a D.C. district court dismissed a lawsuit brought on behalf of a Guantánamo detainee named Ghassan Abdullah al Sharbi. The 34 year-old Saudi told the court that he did not want to proceed with the case, which was originally brought by al Sharbi’s father to challenge his son’s detention. So, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan granted al Sharbi’s wish, leaving it to the Obama administration to decide his fate.