IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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KARIM BOSTAN (ISN 975), ) Civil Action No. 05-CV-883 (RBW)
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)Petitioner, )
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v. ) 
BARACK OBAMA, )
President of the United States, et al.,)
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)Respondents. )
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ABU RAWDA (ISN 326), ) Civil Action No. 05-2386 (RBW)
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ABDUL AZIZ NAJI (ISN 744), )
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)Petitioners, ) 
v. ))
BARACK OBAMA, )
President of the United States, et al., )
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)Respondents. )
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RESPONDENTS’ UNOPPOSED EMERGENCY MOTION FOR
CONTINUANCE OF HEARING ON PETITIONERS’
MOTIONS FOR EXPEDITED JUDGMENT ON THE RECORD
Respondents hereby respectfully request a continuance of the hearing with respect to the
motions for expedited judgment on the record filed by petitioners Abu Rawda, Abdul Aziz Naji,
and Karim Bostan in the above-captioned cases, which is currently scheduled for Wednesday,
January 21, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. In support, respondents state as follows:

1. The Court previously scheduled a hearing on petitioners’ motions for expedited
judgment on the record for Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. See, e.g., Bostan v.
Obama, No. 05-cv-0883, Order (Jan. 12, 2009, dkt. no. 109). The argument will involve issues
such as the appropriate nature and scope of the Executive’s detention authority during wartime.
2. Earlier today, Barack Obama assumed the office of the President of the United
States.
3. The Government is now assessing how it will proceed in the above-captioned
Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas corpus cases. Time is needed to make that assessment and
determination. Accordingly, the Government requests a short, two-week continuance of
tomorrow’s hearing to permit the assessment to move forward without an intervening argument
on the first full day of the new Administration as to the Government’s legal and other meritsrelated
positions in these cases.
4. Counsel for respondents has conferred with counsel for petitioners in these cases,
who do not oppose a continuance of limited duration.
5. Respondents, therefore, request a continuance of two weeks, subject to the
Court’s schedule and without prejudice to any request for additional relief that may be
subsequently sought.
WHEREFORE, the Court should continue temporarily the hearing scheduled for January
21, 2009. A proposed order is attached.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL F. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Attorney General