IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 205

MOTION for Order entering a Case Management Order; Procedural Framework Issues by All Respondents (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Haas, Alexander) Modified on 7/28/2008 to edit text and modify parties (ks).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action Nos. 02-CV-0828, 04-CV-1136, 04-CV-1164, 04-CV-1194, 04-CV-1254, 04-CV-1937, 04-CV-2022, 04-CV-2035, 04-CV-2046, 04-CV-2215, 05-CV-0023, 05-CV-0247, 05-CV-0270, 05-CV-0280, 05-CV-0329, 05-CV-0359, 05-CV-0392, 05-CV-0492, 05-CV-0520, 05-CV-0526, 05-CV-0569, 05-CV-0634, 05-CV-0748, 05-CV-0763, 05-CV-0764, 05-CV-0833, 05-CV-0877, 05-CV-0881, 05-CV-0883, 05-CV-0889, 05-CV-0892, 05-CV-0993, 05-CV-0994, 05-CV-0995, 05-CV-0998, 05-CV-0999, 05-CV-1048, 05-CV-1124, 05-CV-1189, 05-CV-1220, 05-CV-1236, 05-CV-1244, 05-CV-1347, 05-CV-1353, 05-CV-1429, 05-CV-1457, 05-CV-1458, 05-CV-1487, 05-CV-1490, 05-CV-1497, 05-CV-1504, 05-CV-1505, 05-CV-1506, 05-CV-1509, 05-CV-1555, 05-CV-1590, 05-CV-1592, 05-CV-1601, 05-CV-1602, 05-CV-1607, 05-CV-1623, 05-CV-1638, 05-CV-1639, 05-CV-1645, 05-CV-1646, 05-CV-1649, 05-CV-1678, 05-CV-1704, 05-CV-1725, 05-CV-1971, 05-CV-1983, 05-CV-2010, 05-CV-2083, 05-CV-2088, 05-CV-2104, 05-CV-2112, 05-CV-2185, 05-CV-2186, 05-CV-2199, 05-CV-2200, 05-CV-2249, 05-CV-2349, 05-CV-2367, 05-CV-2371, 05-CV-2378, 05-CV-2379, 05-CV-2380, 05-CV-2381, 05-CV-2384, 05-CV-2385, 05-CV-2386, 05-CV-2387, 05-CV-2398, 05-CV-2444, 05-CV-2477, 05-CV-2479, 06-CV-0618, 06-CV-1668, 06-CV-1674, 06-CV-1684, 06-CV-1688, 06-CV-1690, 06-CV-1691, 06-CV-1758, 06-CV-1759, 06-CV-1761, 06-CV-1765, 06-CV-1766, 06-CV-1767, 07-CV-1710, 07-CV-2337, 07-CV-2338, 08-CV-0987, 08-CV-1085, 08-CV-1101, 08-CV-1104, 08-CV-1153, 08-CV-1185, 08-CV-1207

[PROPOSED] CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER Upon the respondents' motion to enter a case management order, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. Burdens of Production and Persuasion. A. The Government will submit factual returns in accordance with the scheduling order of July 11, 2007. Petitioner may either file a factual traverse or may file a motion for judgment, arguing that the Government has failed to carry its initial burden of producing credible evidence that petitioner's detention is lawful. Such a filing is due within 60 days of the filing of the factual return. If petitioner files a motion for judgment, and that motion is denied, his factual traverse is due 60 days thereafter. After the petitioner's traverse is filed, the Court shall order briefing from the parties regarding the legality of detention. B. If the Government presents credible evidence that the petitioner meets the enemycombatant criteria, the burden shifts to the petitioner to rebut that evidence with more persuasive evidence that he falls outside the criteria. 2. Discovery. Petitioners are not entitled to discovery from the Government or otherwise. The Court takes note of the Government's representation that it will submit with its factual return all evidence discovered by its attorneys in preparing the factual return that tends materially to undermine the information presented in the return to support the petitioner's classification as an enemy combatant. 3. Proceedings. A. The parties may submit hearsay evidence including by affidavit or declaration. B. There is a presumption in favor of the Government's evidence, subject to rebuttal by

petitioner. C. The parties may make argument regarding the weight and credibility of such evidence. D. Evidentiary hearings for the purpose of taking live testimony may be appropriately convened only when the Court determines that, absent an evidentiary hearing, the weight of the evidence supports the conclusion that the petition should be granted. E. Neither party may compel attendance by any person at such an evidentiary hearing. F. Should the Court determine petitioner's live testimony is appropriate, it shall be received via telephone or video conference from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Date: UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE