Pauliuc v. Nolan

Opinion

1 District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson

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

9 ADINA NICOLETA PAULIUC, et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-00068-KKE 10 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER

12 CONNIE NOLAN, et al.,

13 Defendants.

14 15 Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule 16 of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to 17 continue to stay these proceedings until June 16, 2025. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant 18 to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship 19 and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate their Form I-918s, Form I-918As, and Form 20 I-765s. This case is currently stayed through April 16, 2025. Dkt. No. 6, Order. The parties 21 continue to work towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that 22 the Court continue to hold the case in abeyance until June 16, 2025. 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. Civ. 3 P. 1.

4 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial 5 intervention. USCIS is actively working on processing the applications at issue here. Plaintiffs 6 have been scheduled for a biometrics appointment on April 14, 2025. USCIS anticipates that 7 further processing will be required after this appointment. Once completed, the parties agree that 8 this case will be moot. Accordingly, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance 9 until June 16, 2025. The parties will submit a status update on or before June 16, 2025. 10 DATED this 9th day of April, 2025.

11 Respectfully submitted,

12 TEAL LUTHY MILLER GLOBAL LAW ADVOCATES, PLLC Acting United States Attorney 13 s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Inna Scott 14 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 INNA SCOTT, WSBA #46864 Assistant United States Attorney Global Law Advocates, PLLC 15 United States Attorney’s Office 655 South Orcas Street, Ste. 210 Western District of Washington Seattle, Washington 98108 16 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Phone: 206-774-8758 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Email: iscott@globallawadvocates.com 17 Phone: (206) 553-7970 Attorneys for Plaintiff Fax: (206) 553-4067 18 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov

19 Attorneys for Defendants

20 I certify that this memorandum contains 275 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 21

23 24 1 ORDER 2 The Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion. Dkt. No. 7. The case is held in 3 abeyance until June 16, 2025. The Court ORDERS the parties to submit a status update on or

4 before June 16, 2025. 5 DATED this 10th day of April, 2025. 6 7 A 8 Kymberly K. Evanson 9 United States District Judge

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