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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Hicks (Rasul) v. Bush
Al Odah v. United States
Habib v. Bush
Kurnaz v. Bush
Khadr v. Bush
) Case No.
Begg v. Bush ]
) Case No.
Khalid (Benchellali) v. Bush
) Case No.
El-Banna v. Bush
) Case No.
Gherebi v. Bush '
) Case No.
Boumediene v. Bush
) Case No.
Anam v. Bush
) Case No.
Almurbati v. Bush
) Case No.
Abdah v. Bush
) Case No.
Al-Qosi v. Bush
) Case No.
Paracha v. Bush
) Case No.
Al-Marri v. Bush ]
) Case No.
Zemiri v. Bush
) Case No.
Deghayes v. Bush
) Case No.
Mustapha v. Bush
) Case No.
Abdullah v. Bush
) Case No.
Al-Mohammed v. Bush
Case No. 02-CV-0299 (CKK)
Case No. 02-CV-0828 (CKK)
Case No. 02-CV-1130 (CKK)
Case No. 04-CV-1135 (ESH)
04-CV-1136(JDB)
04-CV-1137(RMC)
04-CV-1142(RJL)
04-CV-1144(RWR)
04-CV-1164(RBW)
04-CV-1166(RJL)
04-CV-1194(HHK)
04-CV-1227 (RBW)
04-CV-1254 (HHK)
04-CV-1937 (PLF)
04-CV-2022 (PLF)
04-CV-2035 (GK)
04-CV-2046 (CKK)
04-CV-2215 (RMC)
05-CV-0022 (JR)
05-CV-0023 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-0247 (HHK)
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El-Mashad v. Bush
Al-Adahi v. Bush
Al-Joudi v. Bush
Al-Wazan v. Bush
Al-Anazi v. Bush
Alhami v. Bush
Ameziane v. Bush
Batarfi v. Bush
Sliti v. Bush
Kabir v. Bush
Qayed v. Bush
Al-Shihry v. Bush
Aziz v. Bush
Al-Oshan v. Bush
Tumani v. Bush
Al-Oshan v. Bush
Salahi v. Bush
Mammar v. Bush
Al-Sharekh v. Bush
Magram v. Bush
Al Rashaidan v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-0270 (JR)
(Consolidated with 05-CV-833)
Case No. 05-CV-0280 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-0301 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-0329 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-0345 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-0359 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-0392 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-0409 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-0429 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0431 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0454 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-0490 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-0492 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-0520 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-0526 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-0533 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0569 (JR)
(Consolidated with 05-CV-0881)
(Consolidated with 05-CV-0995)
Case No. 05-CV-0573 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0583 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0584 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-0586 (RWR)
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Mokit v. Bush
Al Daini v. Bush
Errachidi v. Bush
Ahmed v. Bush
Battayav v. Bush
Adem v. Bush
Aboassy v. Bush
Hamlily v. Bush
Imran v. Bush
Al Habashi v. Bush
Al Hamamy v. Bush
Hamoodah v. Bush
Khiali-Gul v. Bush
Rahmattullah v. Bush
Mohammad v. Bush
Nasrat v. Bush
Rahman v. Bush
Bostan v. Bush
Muhibullah v. Bush
Mohammad v. Bush
Wahab v. Bush
Chaman v. Bush
Gul v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-0621 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-0634 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-0640 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-0665 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-0714 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-0723 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-0748 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-0763 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-0764 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-0765 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-0766 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0795 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-0877 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-0878 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-0879 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-0880 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-0882 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-0883 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-0884 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-0885 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-0886 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-0887 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-0888 (CKK)
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Basardh v. Bush
Nasrullah v. Bush
Shaaban v. Bush
Sohail v. Bush
Tohirjanovich v. Bush
Al Karim v. Bush
Al-Khalaqi v. Bush
Sarajuddin v. Bush
Kahn v. Bush
Mohammed v. Bush
Mangut v. Bush
Hamad v. Bush
Khan v. Bush
Zuhoor v. Bush
Ali Shah v. Bush
Salaam v. Bush
Al-Hela v. Bush
Mousovi v. Bush
Khalifh v. Bush
Zalita v. Bush
Ahmed v. Bush
Aminullah v. Bush
Ghalib v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-0889 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-0891 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-0892 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-0993 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-0994 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-0998 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-0999 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-1000 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV- 1001 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-1002 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV- 1008 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-1009 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-1010 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-1011 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-1012 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-1013 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV- 1048 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1124 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-1189 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-1220 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV- 1234 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-1237 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-1238 (CKK)
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Al Khaiy v. Bush
Bukhari v. Bush
Pirzai v. Bush
Peerzai v. Bush
Alsawam v. Bush
Mohammadi v. Bush
Al Ginco v. Bush
Ullah v. Bush
Al Bihani v. Bush
Mohammed v. Bush
Saib v. Bush
Hatim v. Bush
Al-Subaiy v. Bush
Dhiab v. Bush
Ahmed Doe v. Bush
Sadkhan v. Bush
Faizullah v. Bush
Faraj v. Bush
Khan v. Bush
Ahmad v. Bush
Amon v. Bush
Al Wirghi v. Bush
Nabil v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-1239 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-1241 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-1242 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-1243 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-1244 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-1246 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-1310 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-1311 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-1312 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-1347 (GK)
Case No. 05 -CV- 1353 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-1429 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1453 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1457 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-1458 (ESH)
Case No. 05 -CV- 1487 (RMC)
Case No. 05 -CV- 1489 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1490 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-1491 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-1492 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-1493 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-1497 (RCL)
Case No. 05 -CV- 15 04 (RMC)
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Al Hawary v. Bush
Shafiiq v. Bush
Kiyemba v. Bush
Idris v. Bush
Attash v. Bush
Al Razak v. Bush
Mamet v. Bush
Rabbani v. Bush
Zahir v. Bush
Akhtiar v. Bush
Ghanem v. Bush
Albkri v. Bush
Al-Badah v. Bush
Almerfedi v. Bush
Zaid v. Bush
Al-Bahooth v. Bush
Al-Siba'i v. Bush
Al-Uwaidah v. Bush
Al-Jutaili v. Bush
Ali Ahmed v. Bush
Khandan v. Bush
Kabir (Sadar Doe) v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-1505 (RMC)
Case No. 05 -CV- 15 06 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-1509 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1555 (JR)
(Consolidated with 05-CV-1725)
Case No. 05-CV-1592 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-1601 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV-1602 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV- 1607 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-1623 (RWR)
(Consolidated with 05-CV-01236)
Case No. 05-CV-1635 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-1638 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 639 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV- 1641 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1645 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-1646 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV- 1666 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV- 1667 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 668 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 669 (TFH)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 678 (GK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1697 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-1704 (JR)
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Al-Rubaish v. Bush
Qasim v. Bush
Sameur v. Bush
Al-Harbi v. Bush
Aziz v. Bush
Hamoud v. Bush
Al-Qahtani v. Bush
Alkhemisi v. Bush
Gamil v. Bush
Al-Shabany v. Bush
Othman v. Bush
Ali Al Jayfi v. Bush
Jamolivich v. Bush
Al-Mudafari v. Bush
Al-Mithali v. Bush
Al-Asadi v. Bush
Alhag v. Bush
Nakheelan v. Bush
Al Subaie v. Bush
Ghazy v. Bush
Al-Shimrani v. Bush
Amin v. Bush
Al Sharbi v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-1714 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-1779 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-1806 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1857 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 864 (HHK)
Case No. 05-CV- 1894 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV- 1 97 1 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-1983 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-2010 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-2029 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-2088 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-2104 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-21 12 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-2185 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-2186 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-2197 (HHK)
Case No. 05-CV-2199 (HHK)
Case No. 05-CV-2201 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-2216 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-2223 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-2249 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-2336 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-2348 (EGS)
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Ben Bacha v. Bush
Zadran v. Bush
Alsaaei v. Bush
Razakah v. Bush
Al Darbi v. Bush
Haleem v. Bush
Al-Ghizzawi v. Bush
A wad v. Bush
Al-Baidany v. Bush
Al Rammi v. Bush
Said v. Bush
Al Halmandy v. Bush
Mohammon v. Bush
Al-Quhtani v. Bush
Thabid v. Bush
Al Yafie v. Bush
Rimi v. Bush
Almjrd v. Bush
Al Salami v. Bush
Al Shareef v. Bush
Khan v. Bush
Hussein v. Bush
Al-Delebany v. Bush
Case No. 05-CV-2349 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-2367 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-2369 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-2370 (EGS)
Case No. 05-CV-2371 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-2376 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-2378 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-2379 (JR)
Case No. 05-CV-2380 (CKK)
Case No. 05-CV-2381 (JDB)
Case No. 05-CV-2384 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-2385 (RMU)
Case No. 05-CV-2386 (RBW)
Case No. 05-CV-2387 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-2398 (ESH)
Case No. 05-CV-2399 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-2427 (RJL)
Case No. 05-CV-2444 (RMC)
Case No. 05-CV-2452 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-2458 (RWR)
Case No. 05-CV-2466 (RCL)
Case No. 05-CV-2467 (PLF)
Case No. 05-CV-2477 (RMU)
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Al-Harbi v. Bush ) Case No. 05-CV-2479 (HHK)
NOTICE
Respondents hereby provide notice regarding steps being taken in the wake of the
Supreme Court's recent decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld;, 548 U.S. — , slip op. (U.S. June 29,
2006), on the issue of whether the District Court may exercise jurisdiction over cases, such as
those captioned above, pending on the date of enactment of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005,
Pub. L. No. 109-148, tit. X, 119 Stat. 2680 ("the Act").
The Act, among other things, amends 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to eliminate court jurisdiction to
consider habeas petitions and other claims by aliens held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo
Bay, id., § 1005(e)(1), and creates an exclusive review mechanism in the D.C. Circuit to address
the validity of the detention of such aliens and final decisions of any military commissions, id.,
§ 1005(e)(1), (e)(2), (e)(3). Section 1005(e)(2) of the Act states that the D.C. Circuit "shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to determine the validity of any final decision of a Combatant Status
Review Tribunal that an alien is properly detained as an enemy combatant," and it further
specifies the scope and intensiveness of that review. While the Supreme Court in Hamdan held
that § 1005(e)(1) of the Detainee Treatment Act did not apply to habeas petitions pending prior
to the enactment of the Act, it recognized that the exclusive review provisions of the Act did
expressly apply to cases pending prior to enactment. Although the petitioner in Hamdan escaped
the Act because his challenge did not involve a final decision of a military commission within the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals under § 1005(e)(3), the Court reserved the
question of the effect of the exclusive review provisions of the Act on other cases, stating that
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"[fjhere may be habeas cases that were pending in the lower courts at the time the DTA was
enacted that do qualify as challenges to 'final decision[s]' within the meaning of subsection
(e)(2) or (e)(3). We express no view about whether the DTA would require transfer of such an
action to the District of Columbia Circuit." Hamdan, slip op. at 18, n.14. The above-captioned
cases, to the extent they do not involve military commission claims, are such cases, i.e.,
challenges to petitioners' designation as enemy combatants through Combatant Status Review
Tribunals. Given the Act's investment of exclusive review in the Court of Appeals, the District
Court lacks jurisdiction over the cases for it is well-settled that an exclusive-review scheme,
where applicable, precludes the exercise of jurisdiction under more general grants of jurisdiction,
including habeas corpus. Cf., e.g., 5 U.S.C. § 703 ("form of proceeding for judicial review is the
special statutory review proceeding relevant to the subject matter in a court specified by statute
or, in the absence or inadequacy thereof, any applicable form of legal action, including actions
for . . . writs of . . . habeas corpus"); Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200, 207-09
(1994) ("exclusive" jurisdiction under federal Mine Act precludes assertion of district court
jurisdiction); FCC v. ITT World Communications, Inc., 466 U.S. 463, 468 (1984) (Hobbs Act)
("The appropriate procedure for obtaining judicial review of the agency's disposition of these
issues was appeal to the Court of Appeals as provided by statute."); Laing v. Ashcroft, 370 F.3d
994, 999-1000 (9th Cir. 2004) ("§ 2241 is ordinarily reserved for instances in which no other
judicial remedy is available"); Lopez v. Heinauer, 332 F.3d 507, 511 (8th Cir. 2003) ("Because
judicial review was available . . . the district court was not authorized to hear this § 2241 habeas
petition."). See also Telecommunications Research and Action Center v. FCC, 750 F.2d 70, 77
(D.C. Cir. 1984) ("even where Congress has not expressly stated that statutory jurisdiction is
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'exclusive' ... a statute which vests jurisdiction in a particular court cuts off original jurisdiction
in other courts in all cases covered by that statute") (footnote omitted); id. at 75, 78-79 (request
for relief in district court that might affect Court of Appeals' future, exclusive jurisdiction is
subject to the exclusive review of the Court of Appeals).
For these reasons, the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan has not resolved the issue of
whether this Court may exercise jurisdiction over the above-captioned cases in light of the Act,
to the extent the cases do not involve military commission claims addressed by Hamdan. The
effect of the Act on pending cases was addressed in supplemental briefing in the Guantanamo
detainee appeals pending before the D.C. Circuit {Boumediene v. Bush, No. 05-5062, and Al
Odah v. United States, No. 05-5064), 1 and respondents have recently requested that the Court of
Appeals permit additional briefing on the effect of the Hamdan decision on this issue. 2
Accordingly, respondents will continue to assert that a stay of proceedings in the above-
captioned cases is appropriate pending the resolution of the effect of the Act by the D.C. Circuit. 3
Dated: July 7, 2006 Respectfully submitted,
PETER D. KEISLER
Assistant Attorney General
1 Oral argument before the D.C. Circuit was held on March 22, 2006.
2 Petitioners in the cases involved in the appeals have opposed respondents' request for
supplemental briefing.
3 In addition, respondents will continue to assert that a stay remains appropriate for the
separate and independent reason that the substantive issues in these cases, including whether
petitioners have constitutional due process rights and, if so, whether the Combatant Status
Review Tribunals satisfy any such rights, which were briefed and argued before the Court of
Appeals prior to enactment of the Detainee Treatment Act, remain under consideration by the
Court of Appeals.
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DOUGLAS N. LETTER
Terrorism Litigation Counsel
/s/ Terry M. Henry
JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 43 1 134)
VINCENT M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191)
TERRY M. HENRY
JAMES J. SCHWARTZ
PREEYA M. NORONHA
ROBERT J. KATERBERG
NICHOLAS J. PATTERSON
ANDREW I. WARDEN
EDWARD H. WHITE
MARC A. PEREZ
Attorneys
United States Department of Justice
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
Tel: (202)514-4107
Fax: (202)616-8470
Attorneys for Respondents
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