HAMIDULLAH et al v. OBAMA et al

Filing 35

ORDER setting schedule. See text of Order for details. Signed by Judge John D. Bates on 3/31/2014. (lcjdb1)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

HAMIDULLAH,
Detainee, United States Air Force
Base at Bagram, Afghanistan, and
WAKEEL KHAN,
as next friend to HAMIDULLAH,
Petitioners,
v.

Civil Action No. 10-758 (JDB)

BARACK OBAMA,
President of the United States,
CHARLES T. HAGEL, 1
Secretary of Defense,
COL. JACK L. BRIGGS II,
Commander, and
JOHN AND/OR JANE DOES Nos. 1-5,
Custodians,
Respondents.

ORDER
Upon consideration of [30] this Court's October 19, 2012 Memorandum Opinion, the
December 24, 2013 Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, the Mandate issued on March 24, 2014, and the entire record herein, it is hereby
ORDERED that each party shall file a memorandum of law and fact, by not later than
April 30, 2014, addressing (1) whether petitioner Hamidullah is in the sole custody of the
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The Court has substituted the current Secretary of Defense, Charles T. Hagel, in place of his predecessor,
former Secretary Robert M. Gates, pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

government of Pakistan, and (2) whether Hamidullah's petition is now moot; and it is further
ORDERED that, to the extent the parties have an alternate proposal as to how to conduct
further proceedings in this case, the parties shall file a joint proposal (or separate proposals, if
they cannot agree) by not later than April 10, 2014.
SO ORDERED.
/s/

JOHN D. BATES
United States District Judge

Dated: March 31, 2014

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