IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 1843

ORDER that the Parties shall meet and confer to narrow or resolve Petitioner's requests for discovery pursuant to Section I.E.2 of the Case Management Order, as amended, relating to certain medical records associated with Petitioner's interrogations, photo spreads, interpreter qualifications and proficiency, specific areas of exculpatory information which Petitioner will identify, and issues associated with Petitioner's Motion to Compel relating to the discovery the Court has already ordered pursuant to its February 6, 2009 Order. If the Parties resolve Petitioner's requests and issues, the Parties shall file a Joint Status Report with the Court on or before 9/9/2009, indicating the date by which Respondents will produce the discovery agreed upon to Petitioner. If any of Petitioner's requests or any of these issues remain unresolved, Petitioner will file a Motion to Compel Consolidated Discovery on or before 9/9/2009. Respondents shall file an opposition on or before 9/23/2009, and Petitioner shall file a reply on or before 10/5/2009. Respondents shall file a Reply to Petitioner's Response and Supplemental Response to Respondents' 3/13/2009 "Refined" Position as to Their Detention Authority on or before 9/9/2009. Respondents shall file a Joint Status Report on or before 9/23/2009, proposing a date by which they would be able to produce to Petitioner all additional documents on which Respondents intend to rely to rebut the arguments raised in Petitioner's Traverse. The Court shall set additional dates by separate Order for the Parties to submit trial briefs and for a pre-trial hearing. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 8/15/09. (dot, )