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C:\Documents and Settings\Awarden\Desktop\08 Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________ ) IN RE: ) ) Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) GUANTANAMO BAY ) DETAINEE LITIGATION ) Civil Action Nos. ) ) 02-CV-0828, 04-CV-1136, 04-CV-1164, 04-CV-1194, ) 04-CV-1254, 04-CV-1937, 04-CV-2022, 04-CV-2035, ) 04-CV-2046, 04-CV-2215, 05-CV-0023, 05-CV-0247, ) 05-CV-0270, 05-CV-0280, 05-CV-0329, 05-CV-0359, ) 05-CV-0392, 05-CV-0409, 05-CV-0492, 05-CV-0520, ) 05-CV-0526, 05-CV-0569, 05-CV-0634, 05-CV-0748, ) 05-CV-0763, 05-CV-0764, 05-CV-0765, 05-CV-0833, ) 05-CV-0877, 05-CV-0881, 05-CV-0883, 05-CV-0886, ) 05-CV-0889, 05-CV-0892, 05-CV-0993, 05-CV-0994, ) 05-CV-0995, 05-CV-0998, 05-CV-0999, 05-CV-1048, ) 05-CV-1124, 05-CV-1189, 05-CV-1220, 05-CV-1234, ) 05-CV-1236, 05-CV-1244, 05-CV-1347, 05-CV-1353, ) 05-CV-1429, 05-CV-1457, 05-CV-1458, 05-CV-1487, ) 05-CV-1490, 05-CV-1497, 05-CV-1504, 05-CV-1505, ) 05-CV-1506, 05-CV-1509, 05-CV-1555, 05-CV-1590, ) 05-CV-1592, 05-CV-1601, 05-CV-1602, 05-CV-1607, ) 05-CV-1623, 05-CV-1638, 05-CV-1639, 05-CV-1645, ) 05-CV-1646, 05-CV-1649, 05-CV-1678, 05-CV-1704, ) 05-CV-1725, 05-CV-1971, 05-CV-1983, 05-CV-2010, ) 05-CV-2083, 05-CV-2088, 05-CV-2104, 05-CV-2112, ) 05-CV-2185, 05-CV-2186, 05-CV-2199, 05-CV-2200, ) 05-CV-2249, 05-CV-2348, 05-CV-2349, 05-CV-2367, ) 05-CV-2370, 05-CV-2371, 05-CV-2378, 05-CV-2379, ) 05-CV-2380, 05-CV-2381, 05-CV-2384, 05-CV-2385, ) 05-CV-2386, 05-CV-2387, 05-CV-2398, 05-CV-2444, ) 05-CV-2477, 05-CV-2479, 06-CV-0618, 06-CV-1668, ) 06-CV-1674, 06-CV-1684, 06-CV-1688, 06-CV-1690, ) 06-CV-1691, 06-CV-1725, 06-CV-1758, 06-CV-1759, ) 06-CV-1761, 06-CV-1765, 06-CV-1766, 06-CV-1767, ) 07-CV-1710, 07-CV-2337, 07-CV-2338, 08-CV-0864, ____________________________ ) 08-CV-0987 RESPONDENTS’ STATUS REPORTS AND RESPONSE TO COURT’S JULY 11, 2008 ORDER Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 2 of 3 Pursuant to the Court’s July 11, 2008 Scheduling Order calling for individual status reports in the above-captioned cases, attached hereto as Exhibit 1 are individual status reports concerning 150 petitioners in the above-captioned cases whom respondents have identified and who are currently detained at Guantanamo Bay. The reports are organized in the order of civil action number. Subject to the qualifications noted below, each report discusses one detainee- petitioner and an index of all the detainee-petitioners (listing their Internment Serial Numbers and civil action numbers, organized both in numerical order and by judge) is found at the beginning of Exhibit 1. With respect to cases involving multiple petitioners, and excluding Mohammon v. Bush, 05-CV-2386 (RBW) and Al-Halmandy v. Bush, 05-CV-2385 (RMU) -- two cases involving exceptionally large numbers of petitioners -- a separate status report is provided for each individual petitioner currently detained at Guantanamo Bay. Further, respondents have noted the existence of duplicate habeas corpus petitions filed by the petitioner, if any, in the caption of each individual status report, but note for purposes of clarity that the first-listed case in the caption is the operative petition addressed in the report and, accordingly, the report provides information about the status of that particular case. With respect to Al-Halmandy and Mohammon, respondents have submitted one combined status report for each case. Additionally, because the approximately 200 petitioners in Al-Halmandy and Mohammon account for the majority of duplicate petitions filed in these cases, respondents also intend to address the status of the duplicate petitioners in the joint report that the Court has directed the parties to file relating, inter alia, to that issue, on July 21, 2008. Respondents have not prepared individual status reports for two categories of petitioners due to the unique status of these petitioners. First, respondents have not been able to identify a Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 3 of 3 number of petitioners in the above-captioned cases as current or former detainees at Guantanamo Bay. A list of these petitioners is attached hereto as Exhibit 2. Because these petitioners have not been identified as Guantanamo Bay detainees, the petitions should be dismissed. Second, a large number of petitioners whom respondents have identified are no longer detained at Guantanamo Bay. A list of these petitioners is attached hereto as Exhibit 3. In light of these petitioners’ release from United States custody, the claims of these petitioners should be dismissed as moot. Indeed, some of these petitions were previously dismissed by the judges originally assigned to handle the cases. Respondents’ position is that all of these previously- dismissed cases should remain dismissed and all pending petitions brought by or on behalf of petitioners listed on Exhibit 3 should be dismissed as to such petitioners as moot. Dated: July 18, 2008 Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General JOHN C. O’QUINN Deputy Assistant Attorney General /s/ Judry L. Subar /s/ Andrew I. Warden JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 431134) VINCENT M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191) JUDRY L. SUBAR (D.C. Bar 347518) TERRY M. HENRY ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN Bar 23840-49) PAUL E. AHERN Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 616-5084 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for Respondents Exhibit 1-1 (This page inserted by National Security Archive) Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516-2 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 1 of 70 INDEX -- Individual status reports listed by civil action number Case No. Judge Detainee Name ISN Bates Numbers 02-CV-0828 Kollar-Kotelly Khalid Abdullah Mishal Al Mutairi 00213 1 Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al 02-CV-0828 Kollar-Kotelly Odah 00232 3 02-CV-0828 Kollar-Kotelly Fwad Mahmoud Al Rabiah 00551 5 Fayiz Mohammed Ahmed Al 02-CV-0828 Kollar-Kotelly Kandari 00552 7 04-CV-1136 Bates Omar Khadr 00766 9 04-CV-1164 Walton Falen Gherebi 00189 11 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Ali Ahmed Mohammed Al Rezehi 00045 13 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Ali Yahya Mahdi 00167 15 Saeed Ahmed Mohammed Al 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Sarim 00235 17 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Khaled Ahmed Qassim Muse'd 00242 19 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Riyad Atag Ali Abdoh Al Haj 00256 21 Abdul Khaleq Ahmed Sahleh Al- 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Baidhani 00553 23 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Jalal Salim Bin Amer 00564 25 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Suhail Abdoh Anam 00569 27 Abdualaziz Abdoh Abdullah Ali Al 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Swidhi 00578 29 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Emad Abdullah Hassan 00680 31 Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed Al 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Tawlaqi 00688 33 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Bashir Nasir Ali Al Marwalah 00837 35 04-CV-1194 Kennedy Musa'ab Omar Al Mudwani 00839 37 Othman Abdulraheem 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Mohammad 00027 39 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Mahmoad Abdah 00031 41 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Farouk Ali Ahmed Saif 00032 43 Abdulmalik Abdulwahhab Al- 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Rahabi 00037 45 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Majid Mahmoud Ahmed 00041 47 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Makhtar Yahia Naji Al-Wrafie 00117 49 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif 00156 51 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Adil Saeed El Haj Obaid 00165 53 Salman Yahaldi Hsan 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Mohammed Saud 00508 55 Yasein Khasem Mohammad 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Esmail 00522 57 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Jamal Mar'I 00577 59 Mohamed Mohamed Hassan 04-CV-1254 Kennedy Odaini 00681 61 04-CV-1937 Friedman Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi 00054 63 04-CV-2022 Friedman Saifullah Paracha 01094 65 04-CV-2035 Kessler Jarallah Al-Marri 00334 67 04-CV-2046 Kollar-Kotelly Ahcene Zemiri 00533 69 Page 1 Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516-2 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 2 of 70 INDEX -- Individual status reports listed by civil action number 04-CV-2215 Collyer Shaker Abdurraheem Aamer 00239 71 05-CV-0023 Roberts Hani Saleh Rashid Abdullah 00841 73 05-CV-0247 Kennedy Mahmood Salim Al-Mohammed 00537 75 05-CV-0270 [consol. with 05- 270] Robertson Sherif el-Mashad 00190 77 05-CV-0270 [consol. with 05- 270] Robertson Adel Fattouh Aly Ahmed Algazzar 00369 80 05-CV-0280 Kessler Muhammad Al-Adahi 00033 82 05-CV-0280 Kessler Muhammad Ali Abdullah Bawazir 00440 84 Suleiman Awadh Bin Aqil Al- 05-CV-0280 Kessler Nahdi 00511 86 05-CV-0280 Kessler Fahmi Salem Al-Assani 00554 88 05-CV-0280 Kessler Zahir Omar Khamis Bin Hamdoon 00576 90 05-CV-0329 Friedman Ahmed Abdullah Al-Wazan 00197 92 05-CV-0359 Kessler Rafiq Bin Bashir Bin Jallul Alhami 00892 94 05-CV-0359 Kessler Mohammed Abdul Rahman 00894 96 05-CV-0392 Huvelle Jamel Ameziane 00310 98 05-CV-0492 Robertson Ahamed Abdul Aziz 00757 100 05-CV-0520 Urbina Abdul Rahman Shalby 00042 102 05-CV-0526 Urbina Abd Al Nisr Khan Tumani 00307 104 05-CV-0526 Urbina Muhammed Khan Tumani 00312 106 05-CV-0569 Robertson Mohammedou Ould Salahi 00760 108 05-CV-0634 Roberts Omer Saeed Salem Al Daini 00549 110 05-CV-0748 Collyer Sameer Najy Hasan Mukbel 00043 112 05-CV-0748 Collyer Mohsen Abdrub Aboassy 00091 114 05-CV-0748 Collyer Mohammed Saeed Bin Salman 00251 116 05-CV-0763 Bates Adel Hamlily 01452 118 05-CV-0764 Kollar-Kotelly Abdul Latif Mohammed Nasser 00244 120 05-CV-0877 Robertson Khiali-Gul 00928 122 05-CV-0883 Walton Karin Bostan 00975 124 05-CV-0889 Huvelle Yasin Muhammed Basardh 00252 126 Ali Hussian Mohammad Muety 05-CV-0892 Kollar-Kotelly Shaaban 00327 128 05-CV-0993 Urbina Mohammad Mustafa Sohail 01008 130 Kasimbekov Komoliddin 05-CV-0994 Bates Tohirjanovich 00675 132 Arkan Mohammad Ghafil Al 05-CV-0998 Urbina Karim 00653 134 05-CV-0999 Walton Asim Ben Thabit Al-Khalaqi 00152 136 Abdulsalam Ali Abdulrahman Al- 05-CV-1048 Urbina Hela 01463 138 05-CV-1124 Collyer Wali Mohammed Morafa 00560 140 05-CV-1189 Robertson Omar Mohammed Khalifh 00695 142 05-CV-1220 Urbina Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita 00709 144 Page 2 Case 1:05-cv-02386-UNA Document 516-2 Filed 07/18/2008 Page 3 of 70 INDEX -- Individual status reports listed by civil action number 05-CV-1236 [consol.
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