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Case 1 :05-cv-01458-UNA-AK Document 19 Filed 03/31/2006 Page 1 of 3

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AHMED DOE, e^fl/.,

Petitioners,

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al..

Respondents.

EDHAM MAMET, et al..

Petitioners,

V.

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al.,

Respondents.

NAIF ABDULLA AL NAKHEELAN, et al..

Petitioners,

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al..

Respondents.

SALEH ZAID AL KHATEMI , et al..

Petitioners,

V.

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al..

Respondents.

Civil Action No. 05-1458 (ESH)

Civil Action No. 05-1602 (ESH)

Civil Action No. 05-2201 (ESH)

Civil Action No. 05-2248 (ESH)

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AUTHABID, etal..

Petitioners,

GEORGE W. BUSH, et al.,

Respondents.

Civil Action No. 05-2398 (ESH)

ORDER

On December 30, 2005, President Bush signed into law H.R. 2863, the Department
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of
Mexico, and Pandemic Lifluenza Act of 2006 ("the Act"). Section 1005(e) of the Act, entitled
Judicial Review of Detention of Enemy Combatants, raises serious questions concerning whether
this Court retains jurisdiction to hear the above-captioned cases. The question of whether this
Court retains jurisdiction to entertain these matters is currently pending resolution in the
appellate courts. Accordingly, it is this 31st day of March, 2006, hereby

ORDERED that all pending motions in the above-captioned cases are DENIED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE until such time the question of this Court's jurisdiction to adjudicate
these cases is resolved;-' and it is

-' If it is concluded that this Court retains jurisdiction of these cases, the parties may file
motions to reinstate the pending motions.

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FURTHER ORDERED that all action in the above-captioned cases is STAYED
pending the resolution of this Court's jurisdiction.

s/

ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE
United States District Judge

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