IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 91

STATUS REPORT on Tumani by GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION. (Woodward, Gordon)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

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CLEARED FOR PUBLIC FILING BY THE CSO UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) ) ) GUANTÁNAMO BAY DETAINEE ) LITIGATION ) ____________________________________) IN RE: Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action No. 05-0526 (RMU)

STATUS REPORT Counsel for Petitioners Abd Al Nisr Khan Tumani (ISN 307) and Mohammed Khan Tumani (ISN 312), in response to this Court's Scheduling Order of July 11, 2008, provide the following Status Report: I. Current Detention Status Petitioners are presently detained in Guantánamo Bay. They have been designated as enemy combatants by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal and have not been cleared for release or transfer. As far as counsel are aware, Petitioners have not been named as defendants in any Military Commission proceedings. II. 30-Day Advance Notice Order Pursuant to this Court's Order of April 6, 2005, the Government is required to provide counsel with 30 days advance notice of any intention to transfer Petitioners from Guantánamo Bay. This 30-day Advance Notice Order is currently the subject of an appeal. See Tumani v. Bush, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 05-5244, consolidated with Abdah v. Bush, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 05-5224.

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Factual Return The Government provided redacted, classified and unclassified factual returns for

Petitioners in July of 2005. IV. Protective Order A Protective Order was entered by Order of this Court on April 6, 2005. V. Pending Motions This matter is subject to a stay entered on April 6, 2005. The stay currently remains in effect. There are no pending motions in this action. Respectfully submitted, ABD AL NISR KHAN TUMANI AND MOHAMMED KHAN TUMANI Dated: July 18, 2008 By: /s/ Gordon S. Woodward Elizabeth K. Ainslie Gordon S. Woodward (D.C. Bar No. 452626) SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20006-1825 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Eldon V.C. Greenberg (D.C. Bar No. 159558) GARVEY SCHUBERT BARER Fifth Floor 1000 Potomac Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Gitanjali Gutierrez Pardiss Kebriaei CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Counsel for Petitioners -2-

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