AL WADY v. BUSH et al

Filing 111

ORDER granting 87 Petitioner's Motion for Direct Contact With Client. Signed by Magistrate Judge Alan Kay on 5/1/09. (lcak1)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAMOUD ABDULAH HAMOUD HASSAN AL WADY ) ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) BARACK OBAMA, et al. ) ) Respondents. ) ____________________________________)

Civil Action No. 08-CV-01237 (RMU)(AK)

ORDER Upon consideration of Petitioner Al Wady's Renewed Motion for Direct Contact with Client [87], the Respondents' Opposition [92], Petitioner's Reply [95], Respondents' Supplemental Filing [108], and Petitioner's Response [109] it is this _1st_ day of May, 2009, hereby ORDERED that Respondents shall promptly permit and facilitate counsel to meet with Petitioner in-person in a hearing room for the purpose of explaining their role as counsel and his rights as a habeas petitioner, so that the Court may ascertain whether his refusal of counsel is knowing and voluntary; and it is further ORDERED that Petitioner Al Wady shall meet with his designated counsel in a hearing room so that he may inform the Court, via his designated counsel, that his refusal of the assistance of counsel is voluntary and knowing, and whether or not he wishes to abandon his habeas petition. SO ORDERED. __________/s/_______________________ ALAN KAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE