No. 08-5424 -- Filed On: October 8, 2008 -- BEFORE: Henderson, Randolph, and Rogers, Circuit Judges

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

O R D E R

Upon consideration of the emergency motion for stay pending the court’s disposition of a motion for a stay pending appeal, it is

ORDERED that the district court’s order directing that appellees be released into the United States and brought to the district court on October 10, 2008, be stayed pending further order of the court. The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the merits of the motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion. See D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 32 (2007). It is

FURTHER ORDERED that appellants hand-serve and hand-file their motion for stay pending appeal by 4:00 p.m., October 10, 2008; appellees hand-serve and hand- file a response to the motion by 4:00 p.m., October 14, 2008; and appellants hand- serve and hand-file any reply by 4:00 p.m., October 16, 2008.