Al-Adahi v. Bush

Opinion

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- UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

MOHAMMED AL-ADAHI, et al.,

Petitioners,

v. CivilAetion No. 05-280 (GK)

BARACK H. OBAMA, et al.,

Respondents.

ORDER

A Status Conference was held in this case on April I, 2009,

which took place in a sealed courtroom due to the discussion of

classified information. Upon consideration of Petitioner Hamdoun' s

Motion for Discovery Under Section 1.E.2 Of the Case Management

Order [Dkt. Nos. 297] ,1 the opposition, Reply, representations of the parties, and the entire record herein,2 it is hereby 3

1 The Court resolves the remainder of Petitioner Hamdoun's classified motion in this Order. Many of Petitioner's discovery requests have already been resolved in a classified Order [Dkt. No. 318] issued on March 27, 2009, which was unclassified on March 31, 2009 [Dkt. No. 320].

2 Any mention herein of "consolidated files" refers to the JTF-GTMOjOARDEC files.

3 Unless otherwise specified, all matters in the Document Request are included in the Court's Order.

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ORDERED, that Document Request No. 20 is granted in part and

The Government must produce all documents that

refer to guesthouse that date to the period of

time when it alleges the Petitioner stayed there; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 21 is denied, because it

sweeps too broadly; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 22 is denied as moot,

because the Government represented that it has satisfied this

request in fulfilling its obligation to produce exculpatory

information; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 23 is granted. The

Government will confirm whether its representation is a c c u r a t e .

having been

administered. However, if one was administered, the Government

shall produce documents related to it; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 24 is denied, because the

Petitioner withdraws the request; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Requests No. 25 and No. 26 are stayed.

By April 10, 2009, Petitioner shall notify the Court as to whether he wants to pursue his requests for these documents. If so, the

Petitioner's requests should be fashioned as narrowly as possible

and should include particularized information; the Government shall

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have five days to respond to the requests, if they are made; and it

is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 27 is granted; and it is

further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 28 is denied, because it

ORDERED, that Document Requests No. 29, No. 30, and No. 31 are

denied, in view of the fact that the Government certified that it

has satisfied these requests in fulfilling its obligation to

produce exculpatory information; and it is further

ORDERED, that Document Request No. 32 is denied, because it

sweeps too broadly.

April L, 2009 Kessler States District Judge

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