IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 11

STATUS REPORT In Response To Court's June 30, 2008 Order by GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION. (Warden, Andrew)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 11

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) IN RE: ) ) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) GUANTANAMO BAY ) DETAINEE LITIGATION ) Civil Action No. 05-CV-999 (RBW) ____________________________________) JOINT STATUS REPORT IN RESPONSE TO COURT'S JUNE 30, 2008 ORDER Pursuant to the Court's June 30, 2008 Order (dkt. no. 54), undersigned counsel for petitioner and respondents jointly state as follows: 1) Petitioner Asim Ben Thabit Al-Khalaqi (Internment Serial Number 152) is the sole detainee-petitioner in this habeas corpus case. 2) Petitioner Al-Khalaqi is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay. Petitioner has been approved by the Administrative Review Board (ARB) process to leave Guantanamo Bay, subject to the process for making appropriate diplomatic arrangements for his departure. Petitioner's position is that he is not aware of the process for securing his release, nor does he approve of the delay in release caused by this undisclosed process. 3) \\ \\ \\ This status report was originally filed only in case number 05-CV-999 (RBW) on July 7, 2008. At the direction of the clerk's office, respondents have re-filed the report in Misc. No. 1
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No duplicate habeas petitions have been filed on behalf of petitioner Al-Khalaqi.1

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Dated: July 8, 2008 By: _____/S/______________ Ellis M. Johnston III Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc 225 Broadway, Suite 900 San Diego, CA 92101-5008 Tel: [phone]

Respectfully Submitted, ____________/S/__________________ Andrew I. Warden United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Rm. 7332 Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: [phone] Attorney for Respondents

Attorney for Petitioner

08-442 (TFH), with a corrected caption, on July 8, 2008. 2