UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HAMIDULLAH, Detainee, United States Air Force Base at Bagram, Afghanistan, and

WAKEEL KHAN, as next friend to HAMIDULLAH,

Petitioners,

v. Civil Action No. 10-758 (JDB) BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States,

CHARLES T. HAGEL, 1 Secretary of Defense,

COL. JACK L. BRIGGS II, Commander, and

JOHN AND/OR JANE DOES Nos. 1-5, Custodians,

Respondents.

ORDER

Upon consideration of [36] petitioners' response to [35] the Court's March 31, 2014 Order

calling for further submissions on the issue of mootness, the government's representation that the

United States has "relinquish[ed] all legal and physical custody and control over Hamidullah,"

petitioners' acknowledgment that they cannot satisfy the standard for jurisdiction under Gul v.

Obama,

(D.C. Cir. 2011), the government's consent, and the entire record herein, it

1 The Court has substituted the current Secretary of Defense, Charles T. Hagel, in place of his predecessor, former Secretary Robert M. Gates, pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. is hereby

ORDERED that [8] Hamidullah's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus is

DISMISSED AS MOOT.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ JOHN D. BATES United States District Judge

Dated: April 9, 2014

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