UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MOHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI, :
:
Petitioner, :
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v. : Civil Action No. 05-0569 (JR)
:
BARACK OBAMA, et al., :
:
Respondents. :
ORDER
Upon review of the relevant classified filings, the
Petitioner’s motion to supplement the traverse and the
Petitioner’s motion for admission of hearsay are granted as
unopposed.
The Petitioner’s renewed motion for discovery is
denied, because nothing in the traverse has convinced me that the
requested discovery now falls within the scope of section I.E.2
of the amended Case Management Order.
The Petitioner’s motion to compel and for additional
discovery is denied. The motion to compel is moot because the
government has searched for responsive documents, and informed
the Petitioner that it has found none. The motion for additional
discovery is denied because the requested documents are not
likely to materially undermine the government’s case for
detention.
The Petitioner’s motion for exculpatory evidence
provided to the Guantanamo Review Task Force and the Petitioner’s
motion to discover standard operating procedures are denied.
Petitioner claims that the requested evidence would show that the
Petitioner is no longer a threat to the United States, but the
detainee’s current dangerousness is not a relevant issue in these
proceedings under my interpretation of the Authorization of
Military Force. See No. 05-2379, Awad v. Obama, Dkt. 178
(Memorandum Order Denying Writ of Habeus Corpus), at 7-8.
The Respondents’ motion to supplement the record with
rebuttal evidence is denied without prejudice. If, during or
after the merits hearing, it appears that the rebuttal evidence
is critical to the government’s case for detention, I will
consider a renewed motion to admit the evidence. Accordingly,
the Petitioner’s conditional motion for extension of time is
denied as moot.
It is SO ORDERED.
JAMES ROBERTSON
United States District Judge
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