Saifullah Paracha v. George W. Bush

Saifullah Paracha v. George W. Bush
(Civil Action No. 04-cv-02022)
is a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Guantanamo detainee Saifullah Paracha.
His lawyers include Gaillard T. Hunt.
His case was presented to US District Court judge Paul L. Friedman.
On 21 December 2004, the Department of Defense published fifty-eight
pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
The documents included many character references, including one from his American partner, a Jewish man, who assured his Tribunal that he was held Judaism and the USA in high regard.
Benjamin Wittes, a scholar at the Brookings Institute, has notes significant developments in the case, as recently as April 2016.
Boumediene v. Bush
On June 12, 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.
Re-initiation
Saifullah Paracha's habeas was re-filed on July 5, 2008.
On 15 July 2008 Kristine A. Huskey filed a "notice of petitioners' request for 30 days' notice of transfer" on behalf of Paracha and several dozen other captives.
The petition would prevent the Department of Defense from transferring him out of US jurisdiction without giving his attorney's thirty days' notice. The Department of Defense had transferred some captives to countries where they were subsequently subjected to abusive treatment—even though they had active habeas corpus petitions.
On 21 July 2008 DoJ official Paul A. Dean challenged Paracha's attorneys' request for discovery. Dean argued that, due to time constraints: "respondents respectfully submit that the discovery relief requested by petitioner is not appropriate at this time."
On 27 September 2008 Zachary Katznelson and Cori Crider of Reprieve filed a "notice of authorization"
on behalf of Saifullah Paracha.
The document states: "Pursuant to Judge Hogan’s July 29, 2008 Order, counsel for Petitioner Saifullah Paracha respectfully submit the attached document authorizing counsel to pursue this action. See Exhibit A."—but no attachment was published.
On 23 October 2008 Gaillard T. Hunt opposed the governments's motion to dismiss improper respondents. Paracha's petition, like many others, named several other officials in addition to President Bush. The Department of Justice moved to have all the other respondents struck from the petition.
On 31 October On 2008 DoJ official Kathryn C. Mason filed a reply memorandum to the DoJ's motion to dismiss improper respondents for this petition, and fourteen other petitions.
Mason wrote:
On 18 November 2008 DoJ official David H. White filed a "statement of legal justification for detention" for this petition, and for 54 other petitions.

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