IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 585

NOTICE of Authorization by BILAL LNU re (524 in 1:05-cv-02386-UNA, 210 in 1:08-mc-00442-TFH) Order (Attachments: # 1 Declaration, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B)(O'Hara, Matthew)

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N THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMIA CIRCUIT
MAASOUM ABDAH MOUHAMMAD
Petitioner
No. 07- 1267

ROBERT M. GATES Secretary of the Department of Defense
Respondent.

DECLARATION OF MATTHEW J. O' HARA
Matthew 1. O' Hara , first being duly sworn, declares as follows pursuant to 28 U.S. c.
9

1746:

I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Ilinois , and I am admitted

to practice before the bar of this Cour. I am a partner in the law firm of Reed Smith LLP.
My client Maasoum Abdah Mouharnad is a prisoner in the prison maintained by
the United States military at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I have had six

separate meetings with Mr. Mouhamad at Guantanaro Bay in 2007. During those meetings

Mr. Mouhammad has conveyed to me his authority for me and my colleagues at Reed Smith
LLP and the Center for Constitutional Rights to represent him in connection with his

imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay, including but not limited to tIling and prosecuting a petition
under the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 on his behalf.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws ofthe United States of America that the
foregoing is true and correct.

CHILlB. 2120732.

MJOHara 11/14/07 8:10 AM

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ated: November

2007

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