Ali Ahmed v. Bush

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________________________ ALL ALI BIN ALI AHMED, : et al., : : Petitioners, : : v. : Civil Action No. 05-1678 (GK) : BARACK H. OBAMA, et al., : : Respondents. : ______________________________:

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Respondents’ Motion for

Relief From or Reconsideration of Order Requiring Production of All

Credibility Assessments [Dkt. No. 167]. Upon consideration of the

Petitioner’s Opposition [Dkt. No. 178],1 representations of the

parties, and the entire record herein, it is hereby

ORDERED, that to the extent that the Court may have been less

than precise in its prior Orders, and/or to the extent that parties

may have misunderstood the import of those Orders, the Government’s

Motion is granted; and it is further

ORDERED, that the Government shall disclose all credibility

assessments relating to those specific statements of third-party

1 The motions are classified. Because the resolution of the discovery dispute does not bear on classified information, this Order is being filed on the public docket. individuals upon which it relies in establishing its case for

detention.2

/s/ April 7, 2009 Gladys Kessler United States District Judge

Copies to: Attorneys of Record via ECF

2 To the extent that the Government can certify that it has produced such material already, no new search is required.

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