UNITED STAT ES DIS TRICT COURT F OR THE D ISTRIC T OF CO LU M BIA
MOAMM AR BADAWI DOK HAN, P etitioner , v. Ci vilAc ti on N o. 08 -0 98 7 ( JD B) BARACK

OBAMA, et

al., Re spo nde nt s.
OR DE R The Case Manag ement Or der ( CMO) in this case imposes seve ral discove ry obligations on responde nts that are c abined by a " rea sonably

available " limitation. See Case Ma nag ement Orde r (Ma

rch 3, 2009) at § I .D (dkt. ent. #87). I n response to respondents' arguments in other habea s case s involving Gua ntanamo deta inees that the " automatic" discovery obligations imposed by

section I .E.1 of the CMO ar e unduly burdensome, the Court has interpre ted sec tion I .E.1 to be ca

bined by a similar limitation. S ee Z aid v. Obama , Civ.A.No. 05-1646, Orde rs on Fe b. 9, 2009 and Mar ch 2, 2009. Respondents' obligations under both sections I .D and I .E.1 are impacted a s well by

President Obama ' s J anuar y 22, 2009 Ex ecutive O rder , which dire cts the Attorney Gene ral to: [A] ssemble all information in the possession of the F eder al Gover nment that perta ins to any individual curre ntly

detained at Guantana mo and that is releva

nt to determining the prope r dispositi on of any

such individual. All ex ecutive br anch de pa rtme nts and

a g e nc ie s sh a ll p ro mpt ly

c omp ly wi th a ny re qu e st of the Attorne y

Gene ral to provide inf

ormation in their possession or c on tr ol p e rt a ini ngto a

ny su c h in div idu a l. See Exec. Orde r No. 13,492 at § 4(c)( 1), 74 F ed. Reg . 4897 (Jan. 22, 2009). The Executive Orde r will presumably

add to the information that is reasonably available to respondents a nd mayThe Court does not know - - indee d, responde nts themselves may not know -- whe ther 1 the g overnme nt intends to create new c onsolidated files for eac h petitioner or to supplement the exis ting c onsolidated files cr eate d by J TF- GTMO and O ARDEC. Whatever c ourse is take n, r e s p o n d e n t s s h o u l d

e x p e c tt o r e v i e w an d

r e p o rto nth e n e w i n f

o r m a t i o na b o u tp e t i t i o n e r , i f

an y, that th e pr oc e ss o utl ine d in se c tio n 4 (c )( 1) of

the Exe c uti ve Or de r g a the rs . include information responsive to sections I .D. and I .E.1. Consist ent with the Court' s approa ch in other Guantanamo habea s case s, it is hereby OR DE RE D that the g overnme nt file a status re port in this case, in writingand on Apr il 9, 2009, advising whether

the proc ess outlined in section 4(c) (1) of the Executive Orde r has be en completed, whe ther a dditional information reg ardingpetitioner has be en g ather ed, and if not y et complete, whe n the proc ess is estimated to be done. The status re port shall also advise whe ther 1

re sp on de nts have ob ta ine d a dd iti on a l in fo rm a tio n r e sp on siv e to s e c tio ns I .D or I .E .1 of the CMO in this case and whether

all such information has been pr oduced to pe titioner. This approac h sh ou ld a llo w p e tit ion e r' s c a se to p ro c e e d w ithmin ima l bu rd e n to the g ov e rnme nt ye t at th e same time enable pe titioner to develop his case
. SO OR DE RE D
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/ s / J OHN D. B ATES Un i t edS t at es Di s tri ct J u d ge Date: Ma

rch 4, 2009