IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 586

NOTICE of Authorization by ABDULLAH BO OMER HAMZA YOYEJ 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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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

DATE:

UM HAA YEVICH ABDULA YEV
Petitioner
No. 08-

ROBERT M. GATES Secretary of the Deparment 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 parner in the law firm of Reed Smith LLP.
My client Umar Hamzayevich Abdulayev is a prisoner in the prison maintained

by the United States military at the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
with Mr. Abdulayev at Guantanamo Bay on January 30

I recently met

, 2008. During that meeting, Mr.

Abdulayev unequivocally conveyed to me his authority for LLP and the Center for Constitutional Rights to represent

me and my colleagues at Reed Smith

him in connection with his

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

filing and prosecuting a petition

I declare under penalty of perjur

under the laws

of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct.

CHILlB- 2164311.

ARChiss 3/4/08 1 :05 PM

MatthewJ.O'

Dated: March 4 , 2008

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