on december 11, judge kollar-kotelly denied the motion for partial stay, noting it took three weeks for usdoj to file the first appeal, and that she "would have expected defendants to act with more alacrity" if the january 1, 2018 deadline for accession was unmanageable. judge kollar-kotelly also stated hebert's declaration "[failed] to acknowledge the considerable amount of time defendants have already had to prepare for the implementation of this [accession] policy", nearly a year and a half since the original dtm 16-005 was issued by secretary carter on june 30, 2016, and further, "that considerable work has been done already during this lengthy period."