Federal Court says Padilla can meet with lawyers. You can bet that Ted Olson and the Constitution Demolition Crew will be immediately appealing this decision, enabling them to keep so-called "enemy combatant" Jose Padilla locked up without rights for a few more months. To review the case: Padilla, a US citizen, was arrested in May in Chicago, and has been held without charges or access to lawyers since then in a Navy brig.