IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1828

RESPONSE TO ORDER OF THE COURT re Order filed by KAHLID SAAD MOHAMMED. (Hart, Andy)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) ) ) Petitioner, ) v. ) GEORGE W. BUSH et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ____________________________________) KAHLID SAAD MOHAMMED,

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action No. 08-1230

PETITIONER KAHLID SAAD MOHAMMAD'S RESPONSE TO THIS COURT'S JUNE 15, 2009, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE On June 15, 2009, Respondent filed a Notice of Transfer of Petitioner averring that Petitioner, Kahlid Saad Mohammed (ISN 335), had been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This Court issued a June 25, 2009, Order for Petitioner to show cause why this matter should not be dismissed based on Respondent's Notice of Transfer. Counsel for Petitioner have, through their investigators, been in contact with Petitioner's family who have met with and continue to visit with Mr. Mohammed at the "Rehabilitation Facility" in Saudi Arabia. Based on those conversations, Counsel can offer no reason why this matter should not be dismissed and would formally request that the above matter be voluntarily dismissed on Petitioner's behalf. CONCLUSION For the reasons stated, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court enter a dismissal of the above captioned matter.

July 17, 2009

Respectfully submitted, /s/Andy P. Hart ANDY HART (LcvR 83.2(e)) Assistant Federal Public Defender 617 Adams Street, 2nd Floor Toledo, Ohio 43604 Ph: 419.259.7370 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] JONATHAN WITMER-RICH (LcvR 83.2(e)) Attorney at Law 1660 West Second Street, Suite 750 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Counsel for Petitioner Kahlid Saad Mohammad