UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MUIEEN ADEEN JAMAL ADEEN ABD
AL FUSAL ABD AL SATTAR,
Petitioner,
v. Civil Action No. 08-1236 (JDB)
BARACK H. OBAMA, et al.,
Respondents.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the party's arguments during the telephonic conference of
September 18, 2009, and the entire record herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that respondents shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that
counsel for petitioner is permitted a face-to-face visit with petitioner during counsel's visit to the
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base the week of September 21, 2009. Any other meetings with
petitioner shall be governed by the normal procedures in place at the Guantanamo Bay Naval
Base. It is further
ORDERED that the meeting ordered above shall take place at a designated "meeting
place," as that term is used in paragraph 6 of the declaration of Commander Don A. Martin
(attached as Ex. 1 to Resps.' Opp. to Pet'r's Mot. for Direct Contact). It is further
ORDERED that respondents shall inform petitioner of the following: "You have a
meeting with Ms. Cleary and [name of translator]." If petitioner asks the purpose of the meeting
or whom it is with, respondents shall decline to provide any information about the nature of the
meeting or whom it is with. In any case, if petitioner refuses to attend the meeting either before
or after he inquires about it, petitioner will not be forcibly extracted from his cell, or otherwise
compelled to attend the meeting. Petitioner instead will be permitted to forego the meeting and
remain in his cell. Moreover, if respondents believe that petitioner may become violent during
his face-to-face meeting with counsel, they shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that
petitioner's counsel's safety is not endangered during the meeting with petitioner. It is further
ORDERED that petitioner's counsel shall file a status report -- in writing and by not later
than October 15, 2009 -- advising whether petitioner has agreed to representation and to pursue
the present habeas petition. It is further
ORDERED that this ORDER supercedes this Court's ORDER of September 2, 2009.
SO ORDERED.
/s/
JOHN D. BATES
United States District Judge
Date: September 18, 2009
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