IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 93

STATUS REPORT by FALEN GHEREBI. (Wilson, Richard)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 93

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) IN RE: ) ) GUANTANAMO BAY ) DETAINEE LITIGATION ) __________________________________________) ) SALEM GHEREBI (ISN #189), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) ) v. ) ) GEORGE W. BUSH ) ) Respondents. ) __________________________________________) STATUS REPORT Pursuant to this Court's July 11, 2008 Scheduling Order, Petitioner Salem Abdul Salem Gherebi (ISN #189) respectfully submits this status report: 1. Petitioner Gherebi is a citizen of Libya and has been held in U.S. military custody at the United States Naval Station in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, since early 2002. 2. Petitioner Gherebi currently remains incarcerated under military custody at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. 3. 4. 5. Petitioner Gherebi is not subject to any criminal charges before a military commission. Petitioner Gherebi has not been cleared for release. Petitioner Gherebi has been designated an enemy combatant by the Government of the United States. Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH)

Civil Action No. 04-cv-1164 (RBW)

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Respondents filed a factual return consisting of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal Record on October 6, 2004.

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Counsel for Petitioner Gherebi has requested via email that Respondents provide 30-day notice prior to any proposed transfer of Petitioner. Counsel for Respondents acknowledged receipt and noted the request. Counsel further filed notice of said request with this Court on July 15, 2008.

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Petitioner Gherebi is one of several appellants in a consolidated appeal, now pending before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Case No. 05-5124), regarding authority to withhold classified information.

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Additional counsel for Petitioner Gherebi, Prof. Richard Wilson, filed his Notice of Appearance on June 27, 2008, and plans to meet with Petitioner within the next 60 days. Dated: July 18, 2008 Respectfully Submitted, Counsel for Petitioner: /s/ _ Prof. Richard J. Wilson American University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20016-8184 Ph: 202-274-4147 Fax: [phone] Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky University of California, Irvine School of Law 4500 Berkeley Place Irvine, CA 92617 Ph: 949-824-7722