IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 587

NOTICE of Authorization by MOHAMMED AL PALESTINI 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
WALID IBRAIM MUSTAFA ABU HIJAZI
Petitioner
No. 07- 1266

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 V.
1746:
C. 9

I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Ilinois , and I am admitted
to practice before the bar ofthis Court.

I am a partner in the law finn of Reed Smith LLP.

My client Walid Ibrahim Mustafa Abu Hijazi is a prisoner in the prison
maintained by the United States military at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantimamo Bay, Cuba.

have had six separate meetings with Mr. Abu Hijazi at Guantanamo Bay in 2007. During those
meetings , Mr. Abu Hijazi has conveyed to me his authority for me and my colleagues at Reed

Smith LLP and the Center for Constitutional Rig11s to represent him in connection with his

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

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

CHILlB- 2120731.

MJOHara 11/14/07 8:09 AM

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