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UNITED ST/\ TES DISTRlCT COURT
FOR TJ lE DlSTRJCT OF COLUMBIA
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SAIFULLAH PARACHA . )
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Petitioner. )
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V. ) Ci"il Ac tion No. 04-2022 (PLf)
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DONALD J. TRUMP.~ al.. )
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Respondents. )
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MEMORANDUM OPINiON AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on respondents· October 21. 2019 mot ion to
exclude 1wo documents fro m the disco,·ery obligations imposed by the Amended Case
Msnogernent Order in this matl::r. ~c;!::', JJh No. 219: the Cour ·s May 30. 20 l 9 Memorandum
Opinion and Scheduling Order.~~ Dkt No. 51.5: and the Cour! ·s June l2. 20 19 Discovery
Order. ill Dkt. No. 517. f{espondcnrs · classifi ed motion is ex pane. iv. ~amera. and under seal;
it is n:: tl ec.:tcd in a nn! ice of fi ling on the public docket. See Dkt. No. 54 7. For the reasons
described below. respondents' moti on is granted.
Section l.D of the Case Management Order. as amended. imposes on respondents
an ongoing obligation to disclose to petitioner all reasonably available e:xc ulpatory informa1ion:
Section I.E. imposes obligations lo disclose certain other documents when requested by
petitioner. ~ee Case Management Order. Dkt. No. 204. at 2-3: Amended Case Management
Order. Dkt. No. 219. at 2· ,: Order. Dkl. :--Jo. 308, at 3 4 (revising certain prnvisiom in the Case
Management Order). llndc:r the Amended Case Managtment Order, respondents must provide
1h-:se disclosures to pe titioner's appropriate ly cleared counsel even if the information is
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classiticd. There is one excepti on. set fo rth in Section !.F: "lf the gol.'ernment objects 10
providing 1he petilio ner· s counsel wi1h the classified information, lhe government shall move for
an exception to discl osure:· See Dkt No. 2 I9 at .l. The Court has granted respo ndents' two
pre vio us~ filtH~ Secti on l. P mmions. $~'<;! DkL Nos. 524. 545 .
fn the present Section 1.F u10 1im\ . re spondents seek addit ional except ions from
disclosure with rc:s pccl to tv. .·o classitie