IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 319

NOTICE Of Transfer Of Petitioner -- Al-Qadir v. Bush, 08-CV-1185 by GEORGE W. BUSH, ROBERT M. GATES, MARK H. BUZBY, BRUCE VARGO (Warden, Andrew)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 319

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. 08-CV-1185 (HHK) 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 Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir (ISN 284) and transferred him to the control of the Government of Algeria. In the Stipulation and Order filed with the Court under seal on August 18, 2008, the parties agreed that, pursuant to the protective orders entered by the Court's Order of July 29, 2008, Respondents' Notice Pursuant To The Court's July 10, 2008 Order (filed under seal on July 23, 2008), as well as the Stipulation and Order, would be designated as "protected information" pending notice by respondents of completion of the transfer of petitioner to Algeria. Accordingly, the transfer having taken place, respondents hereby withdraw their request to have the Notice and Stipulation and Order treated as protected information.1

Dated: September 1, 2008

Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General

Consistent with this withdrawal, respondents have no objection to the Notice and Stipulation and Order being unsealed and placed on the public record.

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JOHN C. O'QUINN Deputy Assistant Attorney General /s/ Andrew I. Warden JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 431134) VINCENT M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191) JUDRY L. SUBAR (D.C. Bar 347518) TERRY M. HENRY ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN Bar No. 23840-49) Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Respondents

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