Madhavan v. Jaddou

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: September 9, 2022
• Docket: 2:22-cv-00933
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 District Judge Thomas S. Zilly 2

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9

10 PRITISH MADHAVAN, et al., No. 2:22-cv-933-TSZ

11 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINES 12 v.

13 UR JADDOU, Director of the U.S. 14 Citizenship and Immigration Services; ANTHONY J. BLINKEN, Secretary of the 15 U.S. Department of State,

16 Defendants. 17

18 19 The parties, by and through counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20 6(b) and Local Rules 7(l), and 10(g), jointly stipulate and move for a one-week extension of the 21 noting dates and the submission of Plaintiffs’ reply briefs for their Motion for a Preliminary 22 Injunction/Summary Judgment (Dkt. No. 15) and Motion for Class Certification (Dkt. No. 16). 23 The parties further stipulate and move for a two-week extension to Defendants’ time to respond to 24 the Complaint. For good cause, the parties request that the deadlines be extended until September 25 16, 2022, and September 27, 2022, respectively. 26 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial

27 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSIONS - 1 UNITED STAT ES ATTORNEY 1 and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 2 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). The parties are discussing the potential resolution of this matter 3 which, if reached, would eliminate the need for additional judicial intervention. However, the 4 parties require additional time to do so. 5 To provide the parties with sufficient time to confer, the parties request the following short 6 extensions: 7 Deadline Current Date New Date 8 Noting Date/ Plaintiffs’ Reply September 9, 2022 September 16, 2022 9 Briefs for Dkt. Nos. 15, 16 Defendants’ Response to the September 13, 2022 September 27, 2022 10 Complaint 11 12 Dated: September 9, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

13 NICHOLAS W. BROWN 14 United States Attorney

15 s/Michelle R. Lambert MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 16 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 17 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 18 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Phone: 206-428-3824 19 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov

20 Attorneys for Defendants

22 /s/ Kripa Upadhyay KRIPA UPADHYAY, WSBA #40063 23 Orbit Law, PLLC 2459 152nd Ave. NE, Suite 17-2459 24 Redmond, WA 98052 Kripa@orbitlawpllc.com 25 (206) 623-3352 26

27 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSIONS - 2 UNITED STAT ES ATTORNEY s/Charles H. Kuck 1 CHARLES H. KUCK, GSBA #40063 2 Kuck Baxter Immigration, LLC 365 Northridge Rd, Suite 300 3 Atlanta, GA 30350 ckuck@immigration.net 4 (404) 816-8611 Pro Hac Vice 5

6 s/Jonathan Wasden JONATHAN WASDEN, PBA 199563 7 Wasden, Bless & Forney, LLC 3675 Market St., Suite 200 8 Philadelphia, PA 19104 jon@wbf-law.com 9 (267) 244-8244 10 Pro Hac Vice

11 s/Aaron Hall AARON HALL; CBA #40376 12 Joseph & Hall, P.C. 12203 E. Second Ave. 13 Aurora, CO 80011 14 aaron@immigrationissues.com (303) 297-9171 15 Pro Hac Vice

16 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 17

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27 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSIONS - 3 UNITED STAT ES ATTORNEY 1 ORDER 2 The stipulated motion for extension (Dkt. No. 22) is GRANTED, and Plaintiffs’ motions 3 for summary judgment (Dkt. No. 15) and class certification (Dkt. No. 16) are RENOTED for 4 September 16, 2022. Defendants’ response to the complaint is due on or before September 27, 5 2022. It is so ORDERED.

6 DATED this 9th day of September, 2022. 7

8 A 9 10 Thomas S. Zilly 11 United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 STIPULATED MOTION FOR EXTENSIONS - 4 UNITED STAT ES ATTORNEY