Mohammed v. Bush

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ______________________________ FARHI SAEED BIN MOHAMMED, : et al., : : Petitioners, : : v. : Civil Action No. 05-1347 (GK) : BARACK H. OBAMA, et al., : : Respondents. : ______________________________:

ORDER

A Status Conference was held in this case on June 11, 2009,

which was closed due to discussion of classified information. Upon

consideration of Petitioner’s Motion for 30-Day Notice [Dkt. No.

191] and Emergency Motion Challenging Protected Information

Designation [Dkt. No. 192], the representations of the parties, and

the entire record herein, it is hereby

ORDERED, that Petitioner’s Motion for 30-Day Notice is denied.

See Kiyemba v. Obama, 561 F.3d 509, 515 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (“[T]he

requirement that the Government provide pre-transfer notice

interferes with the Executive’s ability to conduct the sensitive

diplomatic negotiations required to arrange safe transfers for

detainees.”); and it is further

ORDERED, that Petitioner’s Emergency Motion is denied without

prejudice; and it is further

ORDERED, that parties shall report on the status of the case

by July 13, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.; and it is further ORDERED, that the Government’s oral Motion for Stay is

granted. The case is stayed until July 14, 2009; and it is further

ORDERED, that a Status Conference shall be held on July 14,

2009, at 10 a.m.

/s/ June 11, 2009 Gladys Kessler United States District Judge

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