On 22 January, President Obama signed a memorandum ordering the review of Ali al-Marri's detention. On 26 February, Ali al-Marri was charged for trial in US federal court on charges of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organisation. President Obama ordered his transfer from military to civilian custody. In a brief asking the US Supreme Court to dismiss the al-Marri case which was then pending before it, the new administration did not reject the Bush administration's position that Ali al-Marri could be detained indefinitely as an "enemy combatant". Ali al-Marri's civilian trial is scheduled to start on 26 May 2009.