AL-ZAHRANI v. DONALD RUMSFELD, et al

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NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY by DONALD ARTHUR, MIKE BUMGARNER, THOMAS K. BURKHARD, NELSON J. CANNON, TERRY CARRICO, MICHAEL COWAN, BANTZ CRADDOCK, THOMAS R. CULLISON, WADE DENNIS, MICHAEL E. DUNLAVEY, JOHN EDMONDSON, HARRY B. HARRIS, JR, JAMES T. HILL, JAY HOOD, MICHAEL LEHNERT, ADOLPH MCQUEEN, GEOFFREY MILLER, RICHARD MYERS, PETER PACE, ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ, DONALD RUMSFELD, RONALD L. SOLLOCK, DAVID TORNBERG, UNITED STATES, WILLIAM WINKENWERDER, JR (Attachments: # 1 Recent Cert. Decisions)(Werner, Paul)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Donald RUMSFELD, et al. ) ) and ) ) UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) Talal AL-ZAHRANI, et al.,

Case No.: 1:09-CV-00028 (ESH)

NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY The United States and the individual defendants respectfully notify the Court of the Supreme Court's recent decision to deny certiorari in Rasul v. Myers, No. 09-227. Defendants rely on Rasul in their motions to dismiss and their supporting replies. The Supreme Court issued its decision after Defendants filed their supporting replies. A list of the Supreme Court's recent certiorari decisions, including its decision to deny certiorari in Rasul, is attached.

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Dated: December 15, 2009

Respectfully submitted,

TONY WEST Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division ANN M. RAVEL Deputy Assistant Attorney General TIMOTHY P. GARREN Director, Torts Branch ANDREA W. McCARTHY Senior Trial Counsel /s/ Paul E. Werner ZACHARY C. RICHTER (Texas Bar # 24041773, under LCvR 83.2(e)) PAUL E. WERNER (MD Bar, under LCvR 83.2(e)) Trial Attorneys UN IT E D STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Torts Branch, Civil Division P.O. Box 7146 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 [phone] (phone) [phone] (fax) Attorneys for the United States and the Individual Named Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 15, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following:

Pardiss Kebriaei Shayana Kadidal CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 666 Broadway, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012 [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs Meetali Jain International Human Rights Law Clinic American University WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs

/s/ Paul E. Werner PAUL E. WERNER (MD Bar, under LCvR 83.2(e)) Trial Attorney United States Department of Justice Torts Branch, Civil Division P.O. Box 7146 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 [phone] (phone)