UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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AHMED ZAID SALEM ZUHAIR, )
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Petitioner, )
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) Civ. No. 08-0864 (EGS)
v. )
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GEORGE W. BUSH, et al., )
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Respondents. )
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ORDER
Pursuant to the brief status hearing held in open court on
March 12, 2009, it is hereby
ORDERED that by no later than noon on Monday, March 16,
2009, the government shall inform the Court why Petitioner has
been moved to Camp VI and what, if any, efforts have been made
and consideration given to moving Petitioner to Camp IV, pursuant
to the information provided by Dr. Keram during the status
hearing on February 20, 2009; it is further
ORDERED that by no later than March 27, 2009, the
appropriate attorney(s) at the Department of Justice assigned to
this habeas case shall certify to the Court that s/he has
personally reviewed all of the evidence in this case and has
turned over all the exculpatory evidence to Petitioner’s counsel.
It is not sufficient for the Department of Justice to rely on
other attorneys, including but not limited to Department of
Defense attorneys, for the initial review of the evidence in this
case for purposes of complying with this Court’s Orders to
produce exculpatory evidence. It is further
ORDERED that Petitioner’s response, if any, to the
government’s brief regarding the government’s proposed definition
of “enemy combatant” is due by no later than noon on March 27,
2009. It is further
ORDERED that the government’s response to Petitioner’s
discovery requests are due by no later than noon on March 27,
2009. Any reply is due by no later than noon on April 3, 2009.
The government is hereby on notice that it shall produce
discovery in response to any reasonable discovery request and
shall raise only specific and well-founded objections to specific
discovery requests. Moreover, the government must produce
documents and/or information in response to Petitioner’s requests
in this case if the government is producing the same types or
categories of documents and/or information pursuant to court
order in any other Guantanamo habeas case.1 It is further
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By way of an example, if the government is producing all of
a petitioner’s statements pursuant to an order by this Court or
any other Judge on this Court, then the government must also
produce all of Petitioner Zuhair’s statements to his counsel,
assuming Petitioner’s counsel made a request for all of
Petitioner’s statements.
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ORDERED that based on the discussion during the March 12,
2009 status hearing, Petitioner’s proposed expert shall be given
access to the classified materials in this case by no later than
March 27, 2009, assuming that the expert named by Petitioner has
the appropriate security clearance(s). If the government intends
to object to the expert’s access to these classified materials,
it shall notify the Court of any objections and points and
authorities by no later than noon on March 19, 2009. It is
further
ORDERED that the parties shall each file a status report by
no later than noon on April 14, 2009. It is further
ORDERED that a status hearing is scheduled for April 21,
2009 at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 24A.
SO ORDERED.
SIGNED: Emmet G. Sullivan
United States District Judge
March 12, 2009
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