Judge Matz is a Clinton appointee, and the Plaintiffs shopped the case out to California hoping to find a sympathetic liberal ear. Their case is so weak and ill-conceived, even a Clinton appointee in California could not see a way to rule for them.
There is another case filed in DC on behalf of the "families" of the detainees trying to get around the standing and jurisdiction issues and trying to find a Clinton judge willing to screw Bush.
I'm curious about what will happen to the detainees when they have been fully interrogated. Where will they be sent? What country is going to be willing to take them? Hmmm.