Alsawam v. Obama

Full title: TARIQ MAHMOUD ALSAWAM, Petitioner, v. BARACK H. OBAMA, President of the…

Court: United States District Court, D. Columbia

Date published: Feb 2, 2011

Civil Action No. 05-01244 (CKK) (D.D.C. Feb. 2, 2011)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 05-01244 (CKK).

February 2, 2011

ORDER

COLLEEN KOTELLY, District Judge

For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, ¹ it is, this 18th day of January, 2011, hereby

1 The Court incorporates herein the defined terms in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion.

ORDERED that Petitioner's [218] Motion for Disclosure is DENIED in its entirety; it is further

ORDERED that the Government's [221] Motion to Confirm is GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART, as follows:

(a) The motion is GRANTED as it relates to the Category 1 Information;

(b) The motion is GRANTED as it relates to the Category 2 Information;

(c) The motion is GRANTED as it relates to the Category 3 Information, with the exception of the Category 3 Excluded Statements;

(d) The motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as it relates to the Category 3 Excluded Statements; and

(e) The motion is otherwise DENIED as moot; it is further

ORDERED that the Category 1 Information, the Category 2 Information, and the Category 3 Information (with the exception of the Category 3 Excluded Statements), are deemed to be "protected information," as that term is used in the [57] Protective Order in this action; it is further

ORDERED that the parties shall promptly meet and confer in person regarding the proper designation of the Category 3 Excluded Statements; and it is further

ORDERED that, on or before February 21, 2011, the Government shall either (a) file a notice with the Court indicating that an agreement has been reached between the parties as to the proper designation of the Category 3 Excluded Statements, or (b) file a second, and final, motion to confirm the protected status of such information addressing the concerns identified in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion.

SO ORDERED.