1 The defendant’s motion requesting a hearing regarding

defendant’s motion to dismiss court-appointed counsel and proceed

pro se (Docket # 125) has been GRANTED by our Order dated June 6,

2002 (Docket #161) as well as the hearing on June 13, 2002.

The defendant’s motion to testify at the June 13, 2002

hearing (Docket # 173) has been GRANTED to the extent that Mr.

Moussaoui was able to address his motions to dismiss courtappointed counsel and proceed pro se, but DENIED to the extent

that the defendant wished to address extraneous issues.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

)

v. ) Criminal No. 01-455-A

)

ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI )

a/k/a “Shaqil,” )

a/k/a “Abu Khalid )

al Sahrawi,” )

)

Defendant. )

ORDER

For the reasons stated in open court on Thursday, June 13,

2002, the defendant’s motions to dismiss court-appointed counsel

and proceed pro se (Docket #s 112, 113 and 123) are GRANTED; and

it is hereby

ORDERED that Mr. Moussaoui may represent himself in this

criminal prosecution.1 Once substitute stand-by counsel are

identified, the defendant’s former counsel will be released from

all responsibilities in this case. Until such time, they will

remain as stand-by counsel and are to be noticed on all

communications to and from the Court.

The defendant’s pro se filings are currently under seal. 

The defendant has requested that all of his pro se pleadings be
2 The adequacy of the United States’ Notice of Intent to Seek

a Sentence of Death has been fully briefed. Because oral

argument will not aid the decisional process, the Court will

resolve this issue based on the submissions of the parties.

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unsealed (Docket #132). Given that the United States has not

received copies of defendant’s filings since April 30, 2002, it

is hereby 

ORDERED that copies of all of the defendant’s pro se

pleadings, including his Reply to the Government’s Notice of

Intent to Seek a Sentence of Death,2 be provided to the United

States; and it is further

ORDERED that before any of defendant’s pleadings are

unsealed, counsel for the United States and stand-by counsel

advise the Court by 9:00am on Monday, June 17, 2002 of any

objections to the unsealing of the defendant’s pleadings and/or

any proposed redactions to those pleadings. The Court will then

review the objections and/or proposed redactions, if any, to

determine whether a pleading should be either unsealed in its

entirety, partially, or not at all. 

Because the United States has previously received a copy of

the defendant’s pro se Motion for Change of Venue, it is hereby

ORDERED that the United States respond to this motion by

Monday, June 24, 2002; and it is further

ORDERED that our January 2, 2002 and February 25, 2002

Scheduling Orders be and are amended to the extent that any

additional pretrial motions by either the defendant, pro se, or

the United States be filed by Monday, June 24, 2002. Any
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responses are due by Friday, July 5, 2002. If the Court finds

that argument would assist the decisional process, oral arguments

of pretrial motions will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2002 at

9:30am.

The Motion and Memorandum to Compel Production of Discovery

and the Motion to Suppress Statements filed on June 13, 2002 by

the defendant’s former counsel have been filed only for

administrative purposes. Unless the defendant expressly adopts

these motions as his own by Monday, June 24, 2002, the United

States need not respond to them and the Court will deem these

motions to be withdrawn.

The defendant is advised that he should review the three

Notices of Appeal he has filed to determine whether they have

become moot. If so, he should notify the Court of Appeals of his

desire to withdraw these appeals.

The Clerk is directed to forward copies of this Order to

counsel for the United States, the defendant pro se, stand-by 

counsel, the Court Security Officer, and the United States

Marshal.

Entered this 14th day of June, 2002. 

/s/

_________________________________

Leonie M. Brinkema

United States District Judge

Alexandria, Virginia