IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 529

NOTICE of Authorization To Represent Including Notification and Declaration for Sanad Ali Yislam Al-Kazimi by GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION (Rayner, Martha)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) SANAD ALI YISLAM AL-KAZIMI ) Detainee, ) Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, ) Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. ) ) Petitioner, ) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-CV-2386 (RBW) ) GEORGE WALKER BUSH, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) __________________________________________)

NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION Pursuant to the Court's order of July 29, 2008 requiring that counsel establish Mr. AlKazimi's authorization to pursue the instant action, counsel hereby files the attached declaration by Martha Rayner and authorization signed by Mr. Al-Kazimi.

September 25, 2008

Respectfully Submitted _________________/s/_________ Martha Rayner (NY-MR-1423) LINCOLN SQUARE LEGAL SERVICES Fordham University School of Law 33 W. 60th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10023 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) SANAD ALI YISLAM AL-KAZIMI ) Detainee, ) Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, ) Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. ) ) Petitioner, ) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-CV-2386 (RBW) ) GEORGE WALKER BUSH, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) __________________________________________)

DECLARATION OF MARTHA RAYNER, ESQ. I, Martha Rayner, hereby declare under the penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 that:

1. I am an Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law and an attorney associated with Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc., Fordham University School of Law's clinic law office. I represent Petitioner Mr. Sanad Ali Yislam Al-Kazimi, ISN 1453. I am familiar with all the facts and proceedings in his case.

2. I make this declaration to affirm that I have received direct authorization from my client, Mr. Al-Kazimi, to pursue this action. I have also received a signed authorization from Mr. Al-Kazimi, attached hereto. At the time the authorization was executed, the instant action was Mr. Al-Kazimi's only pending action.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this 25th day of September, 2008, in New York, New York.

_________________/s/_________ Martha Rayner

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