Ilanloo v. Blinken

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: July 26, 2024
• Docket: 2:24-cv-00713
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 District Judge Barbara J. Rothstein

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

9 AKRAM ILANLOO, et al., Ca se No. 2:24-cv-00713-BJR

10 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER 11 v.

12 ANTONY J. BLINKEN, et al.,

13 Defendants.

14 15 Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal 16 Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and 17 move to stay these proceedings until September 27, 2024. Plaintiffs brought this litigation 18 pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act seeking, inter alia, to compel Defendants to 19 complete administrative processing and issue a decision for Plaintiff Inanloo immigrant visa 20 application. Defendants’ response to the Complaint is currently due on July 29, 2024. The 21 parties are currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties 22 request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until September 27, 2024. 23 Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 24 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to 1 control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for 2 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. 3 Civ. P. 1.

4 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial 5 intervention. A consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan refused Plaintiff immigrant 6 visa application pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1201(g) on January 23, 2023. This case is actively 7 undergoing administrative processing, including security screening, which may result in a 8 consular officer readjudicating Plaintiff Inanloo’s immigrant visa application. 9 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold 10 the case in abeyance until September 27, 2024. The parties will submit a joint status report on 11 or before September 27, 2024. 12 DATED this 25th day of July, 2024.

13 Respectfully submitted,

14 TESSA M. GORMAN RED EA GL E LAW, L.C . United States Attorney 15 s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Curtis Lee Morrison 16 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 CURTIS LEE MORRISON*, CA #321106 Assistant United States Attorney 5256 S Mission Road, Suite 135 17 United States Attorney’s Office Bonsall, California 90067 Western District of Washington Phone: (714) 661-3446 18 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: curtis@redeaglelaw.com Tacoma, Washington 98402 *PHV 19 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Fax: (253) 428-3826 GIBBS HOUS TON PAUW 20 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov s/ Adam Boyd 21 Attorneys for Defendants ADAM BOYD, WSBA# 49849 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 1600 22 I certify that this memorandum contains 279 Seattle, Washington 98104-1003 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Phone: (206) 682-1080 23 Rules. Email: adam.boyd@ghp-law.net

24 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 1 ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until September 27, 2024. The parties shall submit a status 3 update on or before September 27, 2024. It is so ORDERED.

4 DATED this 26th day of July, 2024. 5

6 A 7 B arbara Jacobs Rothstein 8 U .S. District Court Judge

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