IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 556

NOTICE of Authorization by Jamil Ahmad Saeed by GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION (Attachments: # 1 Declaration DECLARATION OF NOAH H. RASHKIND, # 2 Exhibit EXHIBIT 1)(Rashkind, Noah)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 556

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) IN RE: ) ) GUANTANAMO BAY ) DETAINEE LITIGATION ) ) __________________________________________) ) JAMIL AHMAD SAEED, ) also known as JAMIL AHMED SAID NASSIR ) Detainee ISN #728, etc. ) ) Petitioner, ) v. ) ) GEORGE W. BUSH, etc., et al., ) ) Respondents. ) __________________________________________)

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action No. 05-2386 (RBW)

NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION BY JAMIL AHMAD SAEED Pursuant to the July 29, 2008 Order issued by Judge Hogan in this litigation, Petitioner Jamil Ahmad Saeed ("Petitioner"), a/k/a Jamil Ahmed Said Nassir, Detainee ISN #728, respectfully submits two documents explaining counsel's authority to represent Petitioner. The first document, entitled "Declaration of Noah H. Rashkind," provides evidence of verbal authorization made by Petitioner for undersigned counsel to represent him as his attorney in this litigation, and it sets forth the reasons why counsel has been unable to obtain a signed authorization from Petitioner. The second document is a signed Next Friend authorization form for Petitioner, signed by his wife, and Next Friend, Hala Ahmad Saeed Al-Adahg. See Mendonca v. I.N.S., 52 F. Supp. 2d 155 (D. Mass, 1999), aff'd on other grounds, 201 F.3d 427 (1st Cir. 1999) (holding that wife of alien had next-friend standing to bring a habeas petition). The attached documents, a declaration of counsel and a signed authorization from Petitioner's

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wife, together constitute sufficient authority for the pending habeas corpus action to proceed.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Noah H. Rashkind Noah H. Rashkind, Esq. Counsel for Petitioner Saeed 2411 SW 35th Place, #206 Gainesville, Florida 32608 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Shayana Kadidal, Esq. Co-counsel for Petitioner Saeed CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 29, 2008, I filed the foregoing electronically through the CM/ECF system, which caused the following counsel to be served by electronic means, as more fully reflected on the Notice of Electronic Filing: Terry Marcus Henry [e-mail] Andrew I. Warden [e-mail] Judry Laeb Subar [e-mail] James C. Luh [e-mail]

/s/ Noah H. Rashkind Noah H. Rashkind, Esq.