Alabdali v. Tran

1 District Judge Tana Lin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE TAHA N. ALABADI, et al., No. 2:23-cv-921-TL Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 10 CASE IN ABEYANCE AND v. [PROPOSED] ORDER THUY LINH TRAN, et al., Noted for Consideration: 12 July 27, 2023 Defendants.

Plaintiffs brought this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act seeking, inter alia, to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate their N- 400s, Applications for Naturalization. Defendants’ response to the complaint is due on August 22, 2023. The parties are currently working diligently towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until October 23, 2023.

Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 1.

1 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial intervention. USCIS has scheduled Plaintiffs’ naturalization interviews for August 22, 2023 – the same day that Defendants’ response to the Complaint is due in this litigation. Interviews are required for the processing of their naturalization applications. Once the interviews are conducted, USCIS can continue processing Plaintiffs’ N-400s.

6 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until October 23, 2023. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before October 23, 2023.

9 Dated: July 27, 2023 Respectfully submitted, 10 TESSA M. GORMAN Acting United States Attorney s/Michelle R. Lambert 12 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 Assistant United States Attorney 13 United States Attorney’s Office 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 14 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: 206-428-3824 15 Email: [email protected] 16 I certify that this memorandum contains 237 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

Attorneys for Defendants 19 OPEN SKY LAW, PLLC 20 s/Devin T Theriot-Orr DEVIN T. THERIOT-ORR, WSBA#33995 21 20415 72ND Avenue S., Ste. 110 Kent, Washington 98032 22 Phone: 206-962-5052 Email: [email protected] 23 Attorneys for Plaintiffs [PROPOSED] ORDER The case is held in abeyance until October 23, 2023. The parties shall submit a joint status report on or before October 23, 2023. It is so ORDERED.

DATED this 27th day of July, 2023.

A Tana Lin United States District Judge