IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1534

NOTICE of Transfer of Petitioner by GEORGE W. BUSH, ROBERT M. GATES, GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION (Folio, Joseph)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 1534

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

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH)

BASHIR GHALAAB, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Respondents.

Civil Action No. 08-1104 (CKK)

NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF PETITIONER Respondents hereby provide notice that the United States has relinquished custody of petitioner Bashir Ghalaab (ISN 175) and transferred him to the control of the Government of Algeria.

Dated: January 21, 2009

Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL F. HERTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General /s/ Joseph C. Folio III JOSEPH H. HUNT VINCENT M. GARVEY TERRY M. HENRY ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN Bar No. 23840-49) JOSEPH C. FOLIO III

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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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