Al-Mithali v. Bush

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) HAYAL AZIZ AHMED AL-MITHALI, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 05-cv-2186 (ESH) ) GEORGE W. BUSH et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________)

ORDER

Upon reviewing [153] petitioner’s counsel’s pending request to visit petitioner in

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 10-12, 2009, the parties’ mutual agreement, and in the

interests of justice and judicial efficiency, it is hereby

ORDERED that all provisions of the Court’s December 19, 2008 and January 9, 2009

Orders, as amended by this Court’s February 2, 2009 Order, shall remain in effect with the

following amendments to current due dates. It is further

ORDERED

1. On or before March 3, 2009, the government shall produce an unclassified version of the narrative section of the Statement of Facts, which was filed as a classified document on December 31, 2008.

2. On or before March 3, 2009, the government shall undertake declassification of all statements made by petitioner that are contained within the three documents identified by petitioner’s counsel during the court proceeding held on January 30, 2009.

3. On or before March 3, 2009, the government shall produce all of the remaining discovery material which is presently due on February 9, 2009.

4. The status conference set for February 19, 2009, is hereby vacated. The next status conference shall be set for April 2, 2009 at 9:30 a.m.

1 SO ORDERED.

_________/s/______________ ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE United States District Judge

Date: February 6, 2009