HAMLILY et al v. BUSH et al

Filing 180

ORDER requiring petitioners' response to respondents' memorandum regarding the scope of the government's detention authority by March 27, 2009 and setting a joint hearing on the issue for April 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. See order for details. Signed by Judge John D. Bates on 3/16/2009. (lcjdb2)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADEL HAMLILY, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. WALEED SAEED BN SAEED ZAID, et al., Petitioners, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. ABDUL HAMID ABDUL SALAM AL-GHIZZAWI, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. MOAMMAR BADAWI DOKHAN, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. SHAWALI KHAN, Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. Civil Action No. 08-1101 (JDB) Civil Action No. 08-0987 (JDB) Civil Action No. 05-2378 (JDB) Civil Action No. 05-1646 (JDB) Civil Action No. 05-0763 (JDB)

MUIEEN ADEEN JAMAL ADEEN ABD AL F. ABD AL SATTAR Petitioner, v. BARACK OBAMA, et al., Respondents. ORDER Through respondents' March 13, 2009 memorandum, "the Government refined its position with respect to its authority to detain those persons who are now being held at Guantanamo Bay." Resp'ts' Mem. at 1; see Hamlily v. Obama, Civ.A.No. 05-0763 (dkt. ent. #175). Accordingly, petitioners in the above-captioned cases shall have the opportunity to respond to the Government's memorandum and likewise to refine their positions on the scope of the Government's detention authority relative to those persons held at Guantanamo Bay. In the interest of judicial efficiency and to avoid delays in these proceedings, the Court encourages petitioners to work cooperatively and, to the extent possible, to file a joint submission with the Court. The Court will also set a tentative date for oral argument on this issue. This joint hearing may be subject to change or cancellation by further order of the Court pending petitioners' submissions. Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that by not later than March 27, 2009, petitioners shall respond to respondents' March 13, 2009 memorandum and submit any refinement of their position on the appropriate scope of the Government's detention authority with respect to those persons being held at Guantanamo Bay; it is further ORDERED that if three or more petitioners file a joint submission, then it shall be limited to fifteen (15) pages in length. Individual submissions and joint submissions by two -2Civil Action No. 08-1236 (JDB)

petitioners shall be limited to eight (8) pages in length; and it is further ORDERED that a joint hearing on the proper scope of the Government's detention authority is tentatively set for April 8, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 8. SO ORDERED. /s/ John D. Bates JOHN D. BATES United States District Judge Dated: March 16, 2009

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