IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

Filing 6

Memorandum in opposition to re (466 in 1:05-cv-02386-RBW) Emergency MOTION for Order to Show Cause and Memorandum in Support, (25 in 1:06-cv-01761-ESH) Emergency MOTION for Order to Show Cause and Memorandum in Support filed by MIKE BUMGARNER, GEORGE W. BUSH, JAY HOOD, DONALD RUMSFELD, WADE F. DAVIS, GEORGE W. BUSH, DONALD RUMSFELD, HARRY B. HARRIS, JR. (Oldham, Nicholas)

IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA IN RE: GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE LITIGATION ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Misc. No. 08-442 (TFH) Civil Action No. 05-2386 (RBW) Civil Action No. 06-1761 (ESH)

RESPONDENTS' RESPONSE TO PETITIONERS' EMERGENCY MOTIONS TO SHOW CAUSE Petitioner Abdul-Rahman Sulaeiman in Mohammon v. Bush, Civil Action No. 05-2386 (RBW) (dkt. no. 466), and Petitioner Achraf Salim Abdessalam in Abdessalam v. Bush, Civil Action No. 06-1761 (ESH) (dkt. no. 25), move for orders requiring Respondents to provide factual returns in their cases within seven days of the date of the orders. Given that these cases have been transferred to the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan of this Court for coordination and management pursuant to the Court's July 1, 2008 Resolution of the Executive Session, Mohammon, Civil Action No. 05-2386 (dkt. no. 463); Abdessalam, Civil Action No. 06-1761 (dkt. no. 24), and Judge Hogan has scheduled a status conference to take place on July 8, 2008 to discuss and schedule anticipated proceedings in the Guantanamo Bay habeas cases, Respondents respectfully submit that the relief requested by Petitioners is not appropriate at this time.

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Dated: July 7, 2008

Respectfully submitted, GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General DOUGLAS N. LETTER Terrorism Litigation Counsel /s/ Nicholas A. Oldham JOSEPH H. HUNT (D.C. Bar No. 431134) VINCENT M. GARVEY (D.C. Bar No. 127191) JUDRY L. SUBAR (D.C. Bar 347518) TERRY M. HENRY JEAN LIN JAMES J. SCHWARTZ (D.C. Bar No. 468625) ROBERT J. KATERBERG ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN Bar No. 23840-49) NICHOLAS A. OLDHAM (D.C. Bar No. 484113) JAMES C. LUH Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20530 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Respondents

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