IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 591

NOTICE of Authorization by ABU ABDUL RAUF ZALITA, OMAR DEGHAYES, GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION re (106 in 1:05-cv-01220-UNA, 210 in 1:08-mc-00442-TFH) Order (Kadidal, Shayana)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 591

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x : IN RE: : : GUANTÁNAMO BAY : Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) DETAINEE LITIGATION : : ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x : ABU ABDUL RAUF ZALITA, : : Petitioner, : : v. : No. 05-CV-1220 (RMU) : GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., : : Respondents. : : ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x

NOTICE OF AUTHORIZATION Pursuant to this Court's July 29, 2008 Order (Misc. No. 08-442, dkt. no. 210), undersigned counsel for Petitioner Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita respectfully submit the attached declaration of Gitanjali S. Gutierrez stating that Petitioner has directly authorized undersigned counsel to pursue this action, and explaining why undersigned counsel has not secured a signed written authorization as of this date. Dated: September 29, 2008 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Shayana Kadidal [D.C. Bar No. 454248] Gitanjali S. Gutierrez (pursuant to LCvR 83.2(g)) CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x : IN RE: : : GUANTÁNAMO BAY : Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) DETAINEE LITIGATION : : ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x : ABU ABDUL RAUF ZALITA, : : Petitioner, : : v. : No. 05-CV-1220 (RMU) : GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., : : Respondents. : : ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ x

DECLARATION OF GITANJALI S. GUTIERREZ Gitanjali S. Gutierrez declares as follows pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746: 1. I am an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights ("CCR"), 666 Broadway,

7th Floor, New York, NY 10012, which represents Petitioner Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita ("Petitioner Zalita") in the above-captioned case. I submit this declaration in response to the Court's Order of July 29, 2008 ("Order"). 2. charge. Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita has been detained at Guantánamo Bay since 2002 without CCR filed the instant habeas petition on June 22, 2005 (based on a next friend

authorization from a fellow detainee, Omar Deghayes) and has represented Petitioner Zalita since then. The first protective order in this case was entered on July 25, 2005, and attorneys

particular written agreement.!

See Modiri v. 1342 Restaurant Group, Inc., 904 A.2d 391,

New York, New York September 29,2008

Gitanjali S. Gutierrez

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I The Protective Order and Counsel Access Procedures entered by this Court in Zalita's habeas case on September 11,2008, like the previous Protective Order governing his case, see In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases, 344 F. Supp. 2d 174 (D.D.C. 2004), require only that counsel "provide evidence of their authority to represent the detainee." Protective Order and Procedures for Counsel Access to Detainees at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, § IUO.a. It is CCR's understanding that evidence of our authority to represent a detainee may take the form of a sworn statement. See Adem v. Bush, No. 05-723 (RWR), Memorandum Opinion and Order, April 28, 2006, dkt. no. 42, at 14-15 ("Here, a sworn statement provides evidence that [petitioner] was actively seeking a lawyer to represent him.").