Kaur v. Jaddou

1 District Judge Benjamin H. Settle

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT TACOMA GURPREET KAUR, et al., Case No. 3:24-cv-05334-BHS Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER UR M. JADDOU, et al., Noted for Consideration: December 3, 2024 13 Defendants.

15 Plaintiffs and Defendants, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to continue to stay these proceedings until January 6, 2025. Plaintiffs brought this litigation pursuant to the Mandamus Act seeking, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate Plaintiff Kaur’s asylum application. This case is currently stayed through December 5, 2024. Dkt. No. 8, Order. The parties are currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that the Court continue to hold the case in abeyance until January 6, 2024.

22 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. 2 P. 1.

3 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial intervention. USCIS has conducted Plaintiff’s asylum interview. However, the case remains under review and USCIS requires additional time to adjudicate the asylum application.

6 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court continue to hold the case in abeyance until January 6, 2025. The parties will submit a status update on or before January 6, 2025.

9 // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 24 DATED this 3rd day of December, 2024.

Respectfully submitted, TESSA M. GORMAN 3 United States Attorney 4 s/ Michelle R. Lambert MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 5 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 6 Western District of Washington 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 7 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: (253) 428-3824 8 Fax: (253) 428-3826 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 263 words, 11 in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

s/ Gurpreet Kaur 13 GURPREET KAUR Pro Se Plaintiff 15 s/ Sandeep Singh SANDEEP SINGH 16 119 17th Avenue SE Puyallup, Washington 98372 17 Phone: 253-604-8414 Email: [email protected] Pro Se Plaintiff

1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington and of such age and discretion as to be competent to serve papers.

5 I further certify on this date, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notice of such filing to the following CM/ECF participant(s): 8 - 0 - 9 I further certify on this date, I arranged for service of the foregoing on the following non-CM/ECF participant(s), via Certified Mail with return receipt, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: 12 Gurpreet Kaur & Sandeep Singh¸ Pro Se Plaintiffs 17th Avenue SE 13 Puyallup, WA 98372 14 DATED this 3rd day of December, 2024.

15 s/ Stephanie Huerta-Ramirez 16 STEPHANIE HUERTA-RAMIREZ, Legal Assistant 17 United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington 18 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Seattle, WA 98101 19 Phone: (206) 553-7970 Fax: (206) 553-4073 20 Email: [email protected]

1 ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until January 6, 2025. The parties shall submit a status || update on or before January 6, 2025. It is so ORDERED.

5 DATED this 4th day of December, 2024. tee BENJAMIN H. SETTLE 8 United States District Judge STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 3:24-cv-05334-BHS] - 5 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700