IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 852

STATUS REPORT Regarding Petitioner Houmad Warzly, ISN 574, by HOUMAD WARZLY, GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION. (Kadidal, Shayana)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 852

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннн x : IN RE: : : GUANTANAMO BAY : Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) DETAINEE LITIGATION : : ннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннн x : AL HALMANDY, et al., : : Petitioners, : : v. : No. 05-CV-2385 (RMU) : BUSH, et al., : : Respondents. : : ннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннннн x

STATUS REPORT REGARDING PETITIONER HOUMAD WARZLY, ISN 574

Undersigned counsel submits this filing on behalf of Houmad Warzly, a Yemeni national, ISN 574, a petitioner in the above-captioned case. In our Notice Regarding Authorization of September 29, 2008 (Dkt. 595 in 08-MC-442 and Dkt. 65 in 05-CV-2385), undersigned counsel "propose[d] to update the Court within 30 days on the status of our efforts to resolve the apparent duplication of petitions for Petitioner Warzly." As we reported in that filing, the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California was appointed by the Court to represent one Hamoud Abdullah Hamoud Hassan Al Wady. See Al Wady v. Bush, No. 08-CV-1237, Dkt. 8 (August 8, 2008) (appointing federal defender offices). The government believes the petitioner in Al Wady to be the same

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individual we have identified as Petitioner Houmad Warzly, ISN 574, in the instant case. See [Respondents'] Status Report, Al Wady v. Bush, Dkt. 7 (Aug. 1, 2008) (making identification). After further communication with Carlton Gunn of the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, undersigned counsel reports that Mr. Gunn expects to file a substitution of counsel in this case, substituting himself for undersigned counsel, within the next ten days, on the understanding that the government's identification of Petitioner Warzly as the same individual as the petitioner in 08-CV-1237 is correct. Mr. Gunn also expects to file a status report with the Court within that same time frame. Dated: New York, New York October 29, 2008 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Shayana Kadidal (D.C. Bar No. 454248) CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, New York 10012 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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