Artur Atayants v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

] District Judge Robert S. Lasnik 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE ARTUR ATAYANTS, Case No. 2:24-cv-01986-RSL Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO STAY 11 Vv. CASE AND ORDER |} UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendant.

15 For good cause, Plaintiff and Defendants, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 16 Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to stay these ||proceedings until April 20, 2026. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant to the Administrative ||Procedure Act and Mandamus Act seeking, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship and ||Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his asylum application. Defendants have filed an |]answer to the Complaint. Dkt. No. 15. This Court has issued an initial scheduling order. Dkt.

21 14. The parties are currently working towards a resolution to this litigation.

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 STIPULATED MOTION TO STAY CASE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:24-cv-01986-RSL] - 1 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 |}counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ. ||P. 1.

3 USCIS continues to work towards adjudication of Plaintiff's application. Pursuant to a ||policy memorandum issued on December 2, 2025, all asylum applications have been placed on 5 adjudicative hold pending a comprehensive review. USCIS Policy Memorandum, available 6 https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192- || PendingA pplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf (last visited Jan. 20, 2026). Even through ||this hold, USCIS continues to work on adjudicating Plaintiffs asylum application, including || vetting and background checks, but needs additional time to complete these actions.

10 Accordingly, the parties request that the Court continue to hold the case in abeyance until 11 20, 2026. The parties will submit a status update on or before April 20, 2026.

2] |}// STIPULATED MOTION TO STAY CASE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:24-cv-01986-RSL] - 2 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 ] DATED this 20th day of January, 2026.

2 ||Respectfully submitted, || CHARLES NEIL FLOYD PRO SE PLAINTIFF Acting United States Attorney s/Michelle R. Lambert |}/MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 ARTUR ATAYANTS, Pro Se Plaintiff Assistant United States Attorney 100 110th Ave NE, Apt B414 ||United States Attorney’s Office Bellevue, WA 98004 Western District of Washington Phone: 206-739-9451 7 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: [email protected] Tacoma, Washington 98402 Pro Se Plaintiff § Phone: (253) 428-3824 Fax: (253) 428-3826 |}Email: □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ || Attorneys for Defendant 11 certify that this memorandum contains 279 words, in compliance with the Local Civil || Rules STIPULATED MOTION TO STAY CASE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:24-cv-01986-RSL] - 3 1201 PACIFIC AVE, STE, 700 1 ORDER 2 The case is stayed until April 20, 2026. The parties shall submit a status update on or ||before April 20, 2026. It is so ORDERED.

5 DATED this 21st day of January, 2026.

ROBERT S. LASNIK 8 United States District Judge STIPULATED MOTION TO STAY CASE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:24-cv-01986-RSL] - 4 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700