UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
HAMOUD ABDULAH HAMOUD )
HASSAN AL WADY )
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Petitioner, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 08-CV-01237 (RMU)(AK)
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BARACK OBAMA, et al. )
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Respondents. )
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ORDER
Upon consideration of Petitioner Al Wady’s Renewed Motion for Direct Contact with
Client [87], the Respondents’ Opposition [92], Petitioner’s Reply [95], Respondents’
Supplemental Filing [108], and Petitioner’s Response [109] it is this _1st_ day of May, 2009,
hereby
ORDERED that Respondents shall promptly permit and facilitate counsel to meet with
Petitioner in-person in a hearing room for the purpose of explaining their role as counsel and his
rights as a habeas petitioner, so that the Court may ascertain whether his refusal of counsel is
knowing and voluntary; and it is further
ORDERED that Petitioner Al Wady shall meet with his designated counsel in a hearing
room so that he may inform the Court, via his designated counsel, that his refusal of the
assistance of counsel is voluntary and knowing, and whether or not he wishes to abandon his
habeas petition.
SO ORDERED.
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ALAN KAY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE