Cortes Gomez v. Cuccinelli

1 Chief Judge Ricardo S. Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE MARIO ALBERTO CORTES GOMEZ, Case No. C21-0242-RSM 11 Plaintiff, STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME 12 V. Note on Motion Calendar: April 30, 2021 KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI1, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., Defendants.

17 COMES NOW, Plaintiff, Mario Alberto Cortes Gomez, and Defendants by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 10(g) and 16, and hereby jointly stipulate and move for an extension of 120 days for Defendants to respond to the Complaint. Defendant’s responsive pleading to the Complaint is due May 4, 2021.

21 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986).

26 1 Tracy Renaud is the Senior Official performing the Duties of the Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as of January 20, 2021, and should be automatically substituted for Defendant Kenneth T. Cuccinelli under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d).

1 The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadlines. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has issued a Notice of Intent to Deny (“NOID”). Plaintiff has 90 days to respond to the NOID. Once the NOID has been adjudicated, this matter might be resolved without further involvement of the Court. Continuing the existing deadline for a responsive pleading will allow the parties to conserve resources because they will not have to expend resources completing work on the case that may become moot (or the issues may change).

7 Therefore, the parties stipulate and agree to a 120-day extension for Defendants to respond to the Complaint. If the matter is not resolved before then, Defendants will respond to the Complaint by September 1, 2021.

10 Stipulated to and presented this 30th day of April 2021.

11 ALEXANDRA LOZANO TESSA M. GORMAN IMMIGRATION LAW Acting United States Attorney s/ Alexandra Lozano s/ Nickolas Bohl ALEXANDRA LOZANO, WSBA No. 40478 NICKOLAS BOHL, WSBA No. #48978 Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law Assistant United States Attorney 16400 Southcenter Pkwy, Suite 410 United States Attorney’s Office Tukwila, WA 98188 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Phone: 206-406-3068 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 Email: [email protected] Phone: 206-553-7970 17 Fax: 206-553-4067 Counsel for Plaintiff Email: [email protected] Counsel for Defendants

ORDER The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED.

DATED this 3rd day of May, 2021.

A 7 RICARDO S. MARTINEZ CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE