Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan v. Barack H. Obama

lN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 'I`HE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SHARQAWI ABDU ALI AL-HAJJ (ISN 1457) Petitioner, Civil Action No. 09-745 (RCL) V. BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States, et al., Respondents. §/\/\/\/L\J\J\/\J\J\I\J STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING PE'I`ITIONER’S CONTINUED ACCESS TO COUNSEL WHEREAS this case was terminated pursuant to the Court’s Order of October 27, 2011, dismissing Petitioner Sharqawi Abdu Ali al-Hajj’s petition for writ of habeas corpus without prejudice; WHEREAS Petitioner wishes to maintain access to counsel on the terms provided in the Protective Order and Procedures for Counsel Access to Detainees at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, issued by Judge Hogan on September l1, 2008, ln re: Guantanamo Bay Detaz`nee Litig., Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) (Dkt. No. 235), and entered in this case on the same date (Dkt. No. 573) (hereinafter, the "Protective Order"); and WHEREAS respondents do not object to Petitioner’s continued access to counsel on the terms provided below, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND GRDERED THAT: l. The Protective Order shall remain in effect and continue to govern Petitioner’s access to counsel while he remains confined at Guantanamo Bay and has the right to seek further relief by habeas corpus, whether or not he actually continues to_ have a petition pending before the Court. 2. This Stipulation and Order is without prejudice to the parties’ rights to seek to set aside, rnodify, or otherwise obtain relief from any provision herein or of the P_rotective Order on any ground which could be or could have been raised at any time. 3. This Stipulation and Order supersedes the parties’ Memorandum of Understanding Governing Continued Contact Between Counsel/Translator and Detainee Following Termination of The Detainee’s Habeas Case executed by counsel for Petitioner on August 13, 2012. 4. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Stipulation and Order. SEEN AND AGREED TO: /s/John A. Chandler John A. Chandler KING & SPALDING LLP 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521 Telephone: (404) 5'72-4600 Facsimile: (404) 572-5l00 Attorney for Petitioner STUART F. DELERY Principal Deputy Asst. Attorney General IAN GERSHENGORN Deputy Assistant Attorney General JOSEPH H. HUNT Director TERRY HENRY JAMES G. GILLIGAN Assistant Branch Directors /s/ Scott D. Levin ANDREW I. WARDEN SCOTT D. LEVIN U.S. Depaitment of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 (202) 6].6-5084 Fax: (202) 305-2685 Attorneys for Respondents so oRDERED this ?°%day or ga reh , 2013. 3m %MM UNITE']D STATES DISTRICT JUDGE