GHEREBI v. OBAMA

Civil Action Nos. 04-1164 (RBW), 05-879(RBW), 05-883(RBW), 05-891(RBW), 05-999(RBW), 05-1493(RBW), 05-1667(RBW), 05-1697(RBW), 05-2104(RBW), 05-2386(RBW), 06-1675(RBW), 06-1690(RBW), 07-1710(RBW), 08-2019(RBW).

597 F.Supp.2d 48 (2009)

Falen GHEREBI, Petitioner, v. Barack H. OBAMA, President of the United States, and Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, Respondents. Taj Mohammad, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Karin Bostan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Nasrullah, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Asim Ben Thabit Al-Khalaqi, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Mohammed Amon, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Abdullah M. Al-Sopai ex rel. Abdalhadi M. Al-Sopai, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Kadeer Khandan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Issam Hamid Ali Bin Ali Al Jayfi, et al., Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Sharaf Al Sanani, et al., Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Wasim and Qayed, Petitioners, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Rabia Khan ex rel. Majid Khan, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Muhammad Muhammad Saleh Nasser ex rel. Abdulrahman Muhammad Saleh Nasser, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati and Saad Masir Mukbl Al Azani, Petitioner, v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin Chemerinsky, Schonbrun Desimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, CA, Gitanjali Gutierrez, Pardiss Kebriaei, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY, Meetali Jain, Richard J. Wilson, International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, for Petitioner Falen Gherebi.

Paul M. Rashkind, Timothy Cone, Federal Public Defender's Office, Miami, FL, for Petitioners Taj Mohammad, Karin Bostan.

James Wyda, Martin G. Bahl, Federal Public Defender-Maryland, Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner Nasrullah.

Shereen Joy Charlick, Stephen D. Demik, Steven F. Hubachek, Ellis M. Johnston, III, Heather R. Rogers, Reuben Camper Cahn, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Petitioner Asim Ben Thabit Al-Khalaqi.

Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, David W. Debruin, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners Abdullah M. Al-Sopai ex rel. Abdalhadi M. Al-Sopai.

Candace M. Horn, Chester M. Keller, District of New Jersey, Federal Public Defender's Office, Newark, NJ, Richard J. Coughlin, District of New Jersey, Federal Public Defender Office, Camden, NJ, for Petitioner Mohammed Amon.

David C. Sleigh, Sleigh & Williams, St. Johnsbury, VT, for Petitioner Kadeer Khandan.

Wesley Powell, Hunton & Williams LLP, New York, NY, Karma B. Brown, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, for Petitioners Issam Hamid Ali Bin Ali Al Jayfi, et al.

A. Stephens Clay, Daniel G. Schulof, James F. Bogan, III, C. Allen Garrett, John R. Gibson, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, W. Terence Walsh, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Ahmed Ghappour, Zachary Katznelson, Cori Crider, Reprieve, London, UK, Shayana Devendra Kadidal, J. Wells Dixon, Center for Constitutional Rights, Kristin Ann Meister, Alston & Bird LLP, Seema Saifee, Eric A. Tirschwell, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Donald R. Pugliese, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, New York, NY, Vinay J. Jolly, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Richard J. Wilson, International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, Gordon Samuel Woodward, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Jonathan M. Fee, Michael E. Ward, Alston & Bird LLP, George M. Clarke, III, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Allison M. Lefrak, Reed Smith, Washington, DC, Rebecca Y. Starr, William T. Hangley, Sozi P. Tulante, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph S. Berman, Looney & Grossman, Andrew Loewenstein, Peter B. Ellis, Usha-Kiran K. Ghia, Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA, Noah H. Rashkind, Law Office of Noah H. Rashkind, Gainesville, FL, Angela C. Vigil, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Miami, FL, John Andrew Moss, Lowell E. Sachnoff, Matthew J. O'Hara, Brian C. Lewis, Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver, Douglas A. Sondgeroth, Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, David S. Marshall, Seattle, WA, Amy B. Cleary, Carlos Warner, Vicki Werneke, Darin Thompson, Jonathan P. Witmer-Rich, Timothy C. Ivey, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, OH, Andy P. Hart, Ohio Office of the Federal Public Defender, Toledo, OH, James A. Nickovich, Perkins Coie LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners Sharaf Al Sanani, et al.

Brent Nelson Rushforth, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Antitrust, Kit A. Pierson, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Petitioner Muhammad Muhammad Saleh Nasser ex rel. Abdulrahman Muhammad Saleh Nasser.

Darold W. Killmer, David A. Lane, Mari Newman, Sara J. Rich, Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP, Denver, CO, for Petitioner Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati and Saad Masir Mukbl Al Azani.


ORDER

REGGIE B. WALTON, District Judge.

On February 10, 2009, the Court entered an order scheduling a global status hearing for those cases before this member of the Court involving petitions for the writ of habeas corpus filed by detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (the "February 10 Order"). Among other things, the Court instructed the petitioners to designate one petitioner's counsel to serve as lead counsel for purposes...

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