Mohamed et al v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

RESPONSE to United States' Motion to Intervenere 42

N.D. Cal.December 14, 2007

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs’ Response to United States’ Motion to Intervene - C 07-2798-JW STEVEN M. WATT* swatt@aclu.org BEN WIZNER (SBN 215724) bwizner@aclu.org JAMEEL JAFFER* jjaffer@aclu.org STEVEN R. SHAPIRO* sshapiro@aclu.org AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10014 Tel. 212.549-2500 / Fax 212.549.2651 ANN BRICK (SBN 65296) abrick@aclunc.org ACLU FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel. 415.621.2493 / Fax 415.255.1478 Additional Counsel Listed on Next Page IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION BINYAM MOHAMED; ABOU ELKASSIM BRITEL; AHMED AGIZA; MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH; BISHER AL-RAWI, Plaintiffs, v. JEPPESEN DATAPLAN, INC., Defendant. Civil Action No. 5:07-cv-02798 (JW) PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO UNITED STATES' MOTION TO INTERVENE Case 5:07-cv-02798-JW Document 51 Filed 12/14/2007 Page 1 of 5 Plaintiffs’ Response to United States’ Motion to Intervene - C 07-2798-JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CLIVE STAFFORD SMITH*† clivess@mac.com ZACHARY KATZNELSON† (SBN 209489) zachary@reprieve.org.uk REPRIEVE PO Box 52742 London EC4P 4WS England Tel. +44 (0)207 353 4640 / Fax +44 (0)207 353 4641 PAUL HOFFMAN (SBN 71244) hoffpaul@aol.com SCHONBRUN DESIMONE SEPLOW HARRIS & HOFFMAN LLP 732 Ocean Front Walk, Suite 100 Venice, CA 90291 Tel 310.999.7040, ext. 4 / Fax 310.999.7040 HOPE METCALF* hope.metcalf@yale.edu NATIONAL LITIGATION PROJECT ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC YALE LAW SCHOOL 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06520 Tel. 203.432.9404 / Fax 203.432.9128 MARGARET L. SATTERTHWAITE*++ satterth@juris.law.nyu.edu INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC WASHINGTON SQUARE LEGAL SERVICES, INC. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW 245 Sullivan Street New York, NY 10012 Tel. 212-998-6657 / Fax 212-995-4031 Attorneys for Plaintiffs BINYAM MOHAMED, ABOU ELKASSIM BRITEL, AHMED AGIZA, MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH, and BISHER AL-RAWI * Admitted Pro Hac Vice † Attorneys for and on behalf of Plaintiff BINYAM MOHAMED only ++ Attorney for and on behalf of Plaintiff MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH only Case 5:07-cv-02798-JW Document 51 Filed 12/14/2007 Page 2 of 5 Plaintiffs’ Response to United States’ Motion to Intervene - C 07-2798-JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs take no position on the United States’ Motion to Intervene. However, for the reasons stated in Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Opposition to the United States Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment, filed herewith, plaintiffs believe that the United States’ invocation of the state secrets privilege is premature. Respectfully submitted, /s/_Ben Wizner_________ BEN WIZNER SBN 215724 STEVEN M. WATT STEVEN R. SHAPIRO JAMEEL JAFFER American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Tel. 212.519.7870 Fax 212.549.2629 ANN BRICK, SBN 65296 American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA, 94111 Tel. 415.621.2493 Fax 415.255.1478 Case 5:07-cv-02798-JW Document 51 Filed 12/14/2007 Page 3 of 5 Plaintiffs’ Response to United States’ Motion to Intervene - C 07-2798-JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 *CLIVE STAFFORD-SMITH *ZACHARY KATZNELSON (SBN 209489 Reprieve PO Box 52742 London EC4P 4WS England Tel. +44 (0)207 353 4640 Fax +44 (0)207 353 4641 PAUL HOFFMAN, SBN 71244 Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP 723 Ocean Front Walk, Suite 100 Venice, CA 90291 Tel. 310.396.0731, ext. 4 Fax 310.399.7040 HOPE METCALF National Litigation Project Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic Yale Law School 127 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06520 Tel. 203.432.9404 Fax 203.432.9128 MARGARET SATTERTHWAITE++ International Human Rights Clinic Washington Square Legal Services, Inc. New York University School of Law 245 Sullivan Street New York, NY. 10012 Tel. 212.298.6657 Fax. 212.995.4031 * For and on behalf of Plaintiff BINYAM MOHAMED only ++ For and on behalf of Plaintiff MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH only Case 5:07-cv-02798-JW Document 51 Filed 12/14/2007 Page 4 of 5 Plaintiffs’ Response to United States’ Motion to Intervene - C 07-2798-JW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO UNITED STATES’ MOTION TO INTERVENE will be served by means of the Court’s CM/ECF system, which will send notifications of such filing to the following: JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney CARL J. NICHOLS Deputy Assistant Attorney General JOSEPH H. HUNT Director, Federal Programs Branch VINCENT M. GARVEY Deputy Director, Federal Programs Branch MICHAEL P. ABATE Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: (202) 616-8209 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for the United States of America Dated: December 14, 2007 /s/ Ben Wizner Case 5:07-cv-02798-JW Document 51 Filed 12/14/2007 Page 5 of 5