ALI v. ASHCROFT

Full title: OMAR ABU ALI, et al., Petitioners, v. JOHN ASHCROFT, et al., Respondents

Court: United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: Jan 13, 2005

Civil Action No. 04-1258 (JDB) (D.D.C. Jan. 13, 2005)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 04-1258 (JDB).

January 13, 2005

Morton Sklar, World Organization for Human Rights USA, Washington, D.C., Counsel for petitioners.

Judry L. Subar, Ori Lev, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., Counsel for respondents.

ORDER

JOHN BATES, District Judge

Upon consideration of petitioners' [1] Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, respondents' [14] Response to Order to Show Cause Supporting Dismissal of the Petition and Opposition to Petitioners' Motion to Compel Discovery and Production (treated herein as a "Motion to Dismiss"), the various memoranda of the parties, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons explained in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion issued on this date, it is this 16th day of December, 2004, hereby

ORDERED that respondents' Motion to Dismiss is DENIED; and it is further

ORDERED that the parties shall meet and discuss the scope and process of jurisdictional discovery and submit a proposed order (or orders) governing jurisdictional discovery by not later than January 10, 2005; and it is further

ORDERED that a status conference is scheduled for January 13, 2004, at 9:00 a.m.