Mahmood v. Bitter

Opinion

1 District Judge Tana Lin

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

9 SONYA SHAFQAT MAHMOOD, Case No. 2:24-cv-01646-TL 10 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 RENA BITTER, et al., Noted for Consideration: 13 Defendants. July 15, 2025

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 to stay these proceedings until August 1, 2025. Courts have “broad 18 discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). “[T]he power to stay 19 proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the 20 causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” 21 Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 1. 22 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial 23 intervention. Defendants report that Plaintiff’s fiancé’s visa application has been issued. 24 Plaintiff’s counsel is confirming this information with their client. The parties agree this litigation 1 may be moot now that the visa application has been issued. The parties request a short abeyance 2 to allow for parties to discuss how to move forward. 3 Accordingly, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until August 1,

4 2025. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before August 1, 2025. 5 DATED this 15th day of July, 2025.

6 Respectfully submitted, DAVIS NDANUSA IKHLAS & SALEEM 7 TEAL LUTHY MILLER LLP Acting United States Attorney 8 s/ Mohammed A. Saleem s/ Michelle R. Lambert MOHAMMED A. SALEEM, PHV 9 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 Davis Ndanusa Ikhlas & Saleem LLP Assistant United States Attorney 26 Court Street, Suite 603 10 United States Attorney’s Office Brooklyn, New York 11242 Western District of Washington Phone: 718-783-6819 11 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: msaleem@dnislaw.com Tacoma, Washington 98402 12 Phone: (253) 428-3824 OPEN SKY LAW, PLLC Fax: (253) 428-3826 13 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov s/ Devin T. Theriot-Orr DEVIN T. THERIOT-ORR, WSBA# 33995 14 Attorneys for Defendants Open Sky Law, PLLC 20415 72nd Avenue S. Suite 110 15 I certify that this memorandum contains 208 Kent, Washington 98032 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. Phone: 206-962-5052 16 Email: devin@opensky.law Attorneys for Plaintiff 17 [PROPOSED] ORDER 18 The case is held in abeyance until August 1, 2025. The parties shall submit a joint status 19 report on or before August 1, 2025. It is so ORDERED. 20

21 DATED this 15th day of July, 2025. 22 A 23 Tana Lin 24 United States District Judge