Norma Karla Farias Romero v. Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

1 District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE NORMA KARLA FARIAS ROMERO, Case No. 2:25-cv-01287-JNW Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER DIRECTOR, U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND Noted for Consideration: IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al., January 9, 2025 Defendants.

15 Plaintiff 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 23, 2026. Plaintiff Norma Karla Farias Romero brings this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), seeking an order to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to either issue bona fide determinations or wait list determinations for her and her derivatives’ Form I-918/I-918A petitions. This case is currently stayed through January 9, 2026. Dkt. No. 12, Order.

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 As previously reported, USCIS has adjudicated the petitions at issue. Due to USCIS systems issues, Plaintiff has not yet received the employment documentation in the mail. Once those documents are received, the parties will stipulate to dismissal of this case. Accordingly, for good cause, the parties stipulate and respectfully request that this Court continue to stay this litigation through January 23, 2026.

8 DATED this 9th day of January, 2026.

9 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES NEIL FLOYD United States Attorney s/ Michelle R. Lambert See PDF for Plaintiff’s Signature MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 NORMA KALRA FARIAS ROMERO Assistant United States Attorney 7683 SE 27th Street, #218 United States Attorney’s Office Mercer Island, Washington 98040 Western District of Washington Phone: 206-250-6202 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: [email protected] Tacoma, Washington 98402 Pro Se Plaintiff Phone: (253) 428-3824 Fax: (253) 428-3826 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 221 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

1 ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until January 23, 2026. The parties shall submit a status |/update on or before January 23, 2026. It is so ORDERED.

5 DATED this 12th day of January, 2026. □□□ 9 United States District Judge STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:25-cv-01287-JNW] - 3 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 1 CERTIFIACATE 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 today’s 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 today’s 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 Norma Karla Farias Romero¸ Pro Se Plaintiff 7683 SE 27th St #218 13 Mercer Island, WA 98040 14 DATED this 9th day of January, 2026.

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