Doe v. United States Department of Homeland Security

Opinion

1 District Judge Tana Lin

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE

9 JOHN DOE, Case No. 2:24-cv-01712-TL 10 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., Noted for Consideration: 13 August 21, 2025 Defendants. 14 15 For good cause, Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant 16 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate 17 and move to continue stay these proceedings until September 8, 2025. Plaintiff brought this 18 litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act seeking, inter alia, to 19 compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to schedule an interview and 20 adjudicate his asylum application. This case is currently stayed through August 25, 2025. The 21 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 23 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to 24 control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for 1 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 should be resolved without the need of further judicial

4 intervention. USCIS is actively working to adjudicate Plaintiff’s application. However, USCIS 5 needs additional time to do so. USCIS believes that this can be completed on or before September 6 8, 2025. 7 Accordingly, the parties request that this case remain stayed through September 8, 2025. 8 The parties will either submit a joint status report before that date or seek dismissal of this 9 litigation. 10 DATED this 21st day of August, 2025.

11 Respectfully submitted, 12 TEAL LUTHY MILLER 13 Acting United States Attorney

14 s/ Michelle R. Lambert 15 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 Assistant United States Attorney 16 United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington 17 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Tacoma, Washington 98402 18 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Fax: (253) 428-3826 19 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov

20 Attorneys for Defendants

21 I certify that this memorandum contains 239 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 22

23 24 1 |} COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS, WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER 2 s/ Anessa Novasio 3 |] ANESSA NOVASIO WSBA#44294 Council on American Islamic Relations, 4 || Washington State Chapter 1511 Third Avenue, Suite 788 5 ||Seattle, Washington 98101 Phone: 206-384-8432 6 ||Email: anovasio@cair.com Attorney for Plaintiff 7 8 9 {PROPOSED} ORDER 10 The case is held in abeyance until September 8, 2025. The parties shall either submit a 11 || status update or seek dismissal of this litigation on or before September 8, 2025. It is so 12 |} ORDERED. 13 14 DATED this 22nd day of August, 2025. 15 16 aa Zo TANA LIN 17 United States District Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY [Case No. 2:24-cv-01712-TL] - 3 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700