E.H.A. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Opinion

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

9 E.H.A, Case No. 2:24-cv-01120-RSL

10 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND v. DEADLINE AND ORDER 11 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 12 IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al.,

13 Defendants.

14 Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule 15 of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move for 16 a 30-day extension of Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Complaint. Plaintiff brought this 17 litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act, inter alia, to compel 18 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his asylum application. 19 Defendants’ response to the Complaint is currently due on September 30, 2024. The parties are 20 currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that 21 the Court extend the deadline until October 30, 2024. This is the first request for an extension of 22 this deadline. 23 24 1 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial 2 and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 3 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). 4 USCIS is in the process of scheduling Plaintiff’s asylum interview. However, additional

5 time is necessary to do so. The interview must occur prior to adjudication of the application at 6 issue here. Once the interview is scheduled, the parties will discuss how to move forward with 7 this litigation. 8 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court extend 9 Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Complaint to October 30, 2024. 10 DATED on this 27th day of September, 2024.

11 Respectfully submitted, 12 TESSA M. GORMAN LAW OFFICE OF SARA SVENDSEN PLLC 13 United States Attorney

14 s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Shara Svendsen MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 SHARA SVENDSEN, WSBA #38151 15 Assistant United States Attorney 16300 Mill Creek Boulevard, Ste. 206 United States Attorney’s Office Mill Creek, Washington 98012 16 Western District of Washington Phone: (425) 931-1178 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: shara@svenlaw.com 17 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Attorney for Plaintiff 18 Fax: (253) 428-3826 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 19 Attorneys for Defendants 20 I certify that this memorandum contains 234 21 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

23 24 1 ORDER 2 The Defendants’ deadline to respond to the Complaint is extended to October 30, 2024. 3 It is so ORDERED. 4

5 Dated this 30th day of September, 2024.

6 7 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge 8

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