Baloch v. Kim

1 District Judge James L. Robart

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE ABDUL BALOCH, Case No. 2:24-cv-00942-JLR Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND 11 DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER v. TIM H. KIM, et al., Noted for Consideration: 13 September 5, 2024 Defendants.

15 The parties, through their respective counsel, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Civil Rules 10(g) and 16, hereby stipulate and move for a 30-day extension of the deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint. Defendants’ current responsive deadline is September 6, 2024. Good cause exists to extend this deadline to October 7, 2024.

20 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).

23 Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act seeking, inter alia, to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) adjudicate the Form I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petitions, that he filed on behalf of his spouse and children. USCIS recently approved the petitions and will transmit those petitions to the State Department’s National Visa Center (“NVC”) for processing and transfer to the appropriate overseas post. Once USCIS confirms that this process has been completed, Plaintiff will voluntarily dismiss the case.

6 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court extend Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Complaint to October 7, 2024.

8 DATED this 5th day of September, 2024.

9 Respectfully submitted, TESSA M. GORMAN OPEN SK Y LAW, PLL C United States Attorney s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Devin T. Theriot-Orr MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 DEVIN T. THERIOT-ORR, WSBA #33995 Assistant United States Attorney 20415 72nd Avenue S, Suite 110 United States Attorney’s Office Kent, Washington 98032 Western District of Washington Phone: (206) 962-5052 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: [email protected] Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Attorney for Plaintiff Fax: (253) 428-3826 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 206 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 Defendants shall respond to the Complaint on or before October 7, 2024. It is so ORDERED.

5 DATED this 6th day of September, 2024.

7 A 9 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge