IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 95

STATUS REPORT by Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan by GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION. (Tulante, Sozi)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 95

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) IN RE: ) ) GUANTÁNAMO BAY DETAINEE ) LITIGATION ) ____________________________________) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action No. 05-2386 (RBW)

STATUS REPORT Counsel for petitioner Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan (ISN 684) in response to this Court's Scheduling Order of July 11, 2008 states as follows: I. Current Detention Status Mr. Mattan is presently detained in Guantánamo Bay, where the Government has held him since June 2002. He has not been named as a defendant in any Military Commission proceedings. II. Protective Order The Government has agreed to apply the terms of the habeas protective order to Mr. Mattan in accordance with the terms of Judge Walton's Order dated June 27, 2006. III. 30-Day Order Pursuant to this Court's Order dated July 11, 20081, Mr. Mattan has requested that his counsel be provided 30 days notice of the Government's intention to transfer him from Guantánamo Bay. See Dkt. No. 63, In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litig., No. 08-442 (D.D.C. July 11, 2008). In addition, via e-mail to counsel for the Government on July 16, 2008, Mr. Mattan has requested that such 30-day notice be provided.

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Dkt. No. 52, In re: Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litig., No. 08-442 (D.D.C.).

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Factual Return The Government has not provided a factual return justifying its detention of Mr. Mattan,

but has provided the classified, redacted CSRT record in connection with Mr. Mattan's action under the Detainee Treatment Act. Mr. Mattan has requested the Government's consent to use an unredacted copy of the CSRT record from the DTA action in these habeas proceeding. Mr. Mattan also requests that he be provided with an unredacted factual return.

Respectfully submitted, MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN Dated: July 18, 2008 By: /s/ Sozi P. Tulante Sozi P. Tulante HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL & PUDLIN One Logan Square, 27th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 215-568-0300 Elizabeth K. Ainslie Gordon S. Woodward (Admission No. 50164) SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20006-1825 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 202-419-3454 J. Wells Dixon Pardiss Kabriel CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 212-614-6499 Counsel for Petitioner

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that, on July 18, 2008, I caused the foregoing Status Report to be served electronically via the Court's ECF System, where it is available to all counsel of record for downloading and reviewing.

/s/ Sozi P. Tulante Sozi P. Tulante