Case 1:17-cv-02069-TSC Document 43 Filed 01/18/18 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

JOHN DOE,
Petitioner,
No. 17-cv-2069 (TSC)

v.
GEN. JAMES N. MATTIS,
in his official capacity as SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE,
Respondent.

ORDER
At the hearing on Petitioner’s Motion Regarding Continued Interim Relief (ECF No. 32),
counsel for the Petitioner requested that the court order the government to refrain from
transferring the Petitioner until the court rules on the motion. In response to the court’s inquiry
as to whether the government intends to transfer the Petitioner within the next forty-eight hours,
government counsel indicated that it had no basis to believe that a transfer would take place
within this timeframe. Counsel added, however, that it is the government’s position that it has
the authority to transfer Petitioner as soon as another country is ready. Given the government’s
position, and the court’s impending ruling on Petitioner’s Motion Regarding Continued Interim
Relief, the court hereby orders the government to refrain from transferring the detainee until
Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

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 Case 1:17-cv-02069-TSC Document 43 Filed 01/18/18 Page 2 of 2

Date: January 18, 2018

Tanya S. Chutkan
TANYA S. CHUTKAN
United States District Judge

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