IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 983

RESPONSE TO ORDER OF THE COURT re (680 in 1:05-cv-02386-RBW, 900 in 1:08-mc-00442-TFH) Order on Motion for Order Petitioner's Response to October 31, 2008 Order filed by SAMIR LNU. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Declaration of James A. Nickovich)(Nickovich, James)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Doc. 983

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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PETITIONER'S RESPONSE TO OCTOBER 31, 2008 ORDER In accordance with this Court's October 31, 2008 Order, counsel for Petitioner Samir Last Name Unknown, a/k/a Mohammed Noor Uthman, ISN 707, ("Petitioner" or "Mr. Uthman") hereby provides the attached declaration explaining counsel's authority to represent Mr. Uthman and why counsel has been unable to secure a signed authorization.

Dated: November 13, 2008 San Francisco, California Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ James A. Nickovich James A. Nickovich [See LCvR 83.2(g)] PERKINS COIE LLP

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Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400 San Francisco, California 94111-4131 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Howard Ross Cabot [See LCvR 83.2(g)] PERKINS COIE BROWN & BAIN P.A. 2901 North Central Avenue, Suite 2000 Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2788 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Petitioner Samir Last Name Unknown a/k/a Mohammed Noor Uthman ISN 707

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