IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 878

Memorandum in opposition to re (628 in 1:05-cv-02386-RBW, 723 in 1:08-mc-00442-TFH) MOTION to Dismiss Petitioner's Opposition to Respondents' Motion to Dismiss Improper Respondents filed by SAMIR LNU. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order [Proposed] Order Regarding Petitioner's Opposition to Respondents' Motion to Dismiss Improper Respondents)(Nickovich, James) Modified on 10/31/2008 (jf, ).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION SAMIR LAST NAME UNKNOWN, a/k/a MOHAMMED NOOR UTHMAN, PETITIONER, v. GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., RESPONDENTS.

. . . MISC. NO. 08-0442 (TFH) . . . . . . . . . . CIV. NO. 05-2386 (RBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING PETITIONER'S OPPOSITION TO RESPONDENTS' MOTION TO DISMISS IMPROPER RESPONDENTS

Upon consideration of respondents' Motion to Dismiss Improper Respondents and petitioners' Opposition to Respondents' Motion to Dismiss Improper Respondents, it is hereby: ORDERED that respondents' Motion to Dismiss Improper Respondents is DENIED in its entirety. It is further ORDERED that Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is a proper respondent and shall be named accordingly. IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:_________________

_____________________________ The Honorable Thomas F. Hogan United States District Court Judge

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