MOHAMMED ABDULLAH TAHA MATTAN, ET AL. V. BARACK H. OBAMA, ET AL.

Filing 1274

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 1270 Motion for Extension of Time to Comply with Order 1248 . Signed by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 7/24/09. (lcrcl2, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) ABDUL RAZAK ALI (ISN 685), ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 09-745 (RCL) ) BARACK H. OBAMA, President ) of the United States, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ____________________________________) ORDER Before the Court is respondents' Motion [1270] for Extension of Time Nunc Pro Tunc Regarding Compliance with the Court's July 2, 2009 Order. The Court's Order [1248] gave respondents until July 16, 2009 to refile their Motion for Leave to Amend Factual Return with a certification regrading exculpatory evidence. Respondents' motion asks for until July 30, 2009 to file "a status report . . .regarding respondents' proposed course of action." The Court interprets this as a request for an indefinite extension of time to comply with the Court's Order. The Court will not grant such an indefinite extension. Respondents have provided justification for an extension until July 30, 2009 to comply with the Court's Order. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that respondents shall have until July 30, 2009 to refile their Motion for Leave to Amend the Factual Return in accordance with the Court's Order [1248] (July 2, 2009). SO ORDERED.

Signed by Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge, on July 24, 2009.