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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ETRAK INSAAT TAAHHUT VE TICARET
ANONIM SIRKETI,
Plaintiff,
v.
STATE OF LIBYA,
Defendant.
Case No. 22-cv-864 (JMC)
ORDER
It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant Counsel's Motion to Withdraw as Attorney, ECF 44, will be GRANTED, subject to the following conditions.
It is ORDERED that pursuant to Local Civil Rule 83.6(d), the Clerk shall mail copies of this Order to Libya at the last known address provided by Defendant Counsel in the certificate of service attached to its motion, ECF 44 at 4; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendant Counsel will send a copy of this Order to Libya; and it is further
ORDERED that the Court finds that Plaintiff properly served Libya with its post-judgment discovery requests when the documents, ECF 42-3, were emailed to Defendant Counsel on May 21, 2025, ECF 42-4 at 2; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff's service of documents to Defendant Counsel up to the date of this Order are deemed to be effective upon Libya. Defendant Counsel has represented to the Court that it has forwarded any documents it received from Plaintiff to Libya, including, but not limited, to Plaintiff's requests for third-party subpoenas. The Court finds that such
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notice is sufficient to deem those documents served upon Libya; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendant Counsel must provide to Plaintiff the names and contact information of specific individuals whom Plaintiff can contact regarding the post-judgment discovery requests, including a phone number, mailing address, and email address for those individuals; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendant Counsel shall file a notice with the Court confirming that it has provided a copy of this Order to Libya and that it has provided Plaintiff with the names and contact information for any individuals responsible for responding to Plaintiff's post-judgment discovery requests. Plaintiff may serve any requests or correspondence concerning post-judgment discovery and collection to those individuals going forward. Upon receipt of notice from Defendant Counsel, the Court will issue an order relieving Attorneys John Lomas and William O'Brien as counsel for Libya.
The Court GRANTS Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Responses to Post-Judgment Discovery, ECF 42. Defendant Libya is ORDERED to respond to Plaintiff's post-judgment discovery requests, including by producing the requested documents, within forty-five days, by Monday, November 3, 2025. It is further ORDERED that having received no response from Libya in the time frame provided to respond to discovery requests, Libya's objections to Plaintiff's post-judgment discovery requests are deemed waived; and it is further ORDERED that if Libya fails to answer the post-judgment discovery requests and produce requested documents within 45 days of the entry of this Order, Libya shall show cause on or before the expiration of the 45-day period why a fine payable to Plaintiff should not be imposed in the amount of $5,000 per week, doubling every four weeks until reaching a maximum of $80,000 per week, unless and until Libya satisfies its discovery obligations under this Order.
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Defendant Counsel's Motion to Stay Plaintiff's Motion to Compel, ECF 45, is DENIED as moot.
