IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1533

NOTICE of Transfer of Petitioner and Withdrawal of Request for Designation of Protected Information by GEORGE W. BUSH, MIKE BUMGARNER, DONALD RUMSFELD, JAY HOOD, GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION (Folio, Joseph)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 1533

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH)

ARKAN MOHAMMAD GHAFIL AL-KARIM, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Respondents.

Civil Action No. 05-998 (RMU)

NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF PETITIONER AND WITHDRAWAL OF REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION AS PROTECTED INFORMATION Respondents hereby provide notice that the United States has relinquished custody of petitioner Arkan Mohammad Ghafil al-Karim (ISN 653) and transferred him to the control of the Government of Iraq. Accordingly, the transfer having taken place, respondents hereby withdraw their request to have the Notice Pursuant to the Court's July 10, 2008 Order (filed under seal on August 29, 2008) treated as protected information. Dated: January 21, 2009 Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL F. HERTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General /s/ Joseph C. Folio III

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JOSEPH H. HUNT VINCENT M. GARVEY TERRY M. HENRY ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN Bar No. 23840-49) JOSEPH C. FOLIO III United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Respondents

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