Singh Randhawa v. Jaddou

Opinion

1 The Hon. Jamal N. Whitehead

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

9 GURSHRAN SINGH RANDHAWA, Case No. 2:24-cv-01246-JNW 10 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 UR M. JADDOU, et al., Noted for Consideration: 13 Defendants. October 11, 2024

14 15 Plaintiff 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 hold this case in abeyance until April 2, 2025. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant to the 18 Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act seeking, inter alia, to compel the U.S. 19 Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) adjudicate his Form I-589, Application for 20 Asylum and for Withholding of Removal. Defendants’ response to the Complaint is currently due 21 on October 22, 2024. The parties are currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For 22 good cause, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until April 2, 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 has scheduled Plaintiff’s asylum interview for December 3, 2024. USCIS 6 agrees to diligently work towards completing the adjudication within 120 days of the interview, 7 absent unforeseen or exceptional circumstances that would require additional time for 8 adjudication. If the adjudication is not completed within that time, USCIS will provide a status 9 report to the Court. Plaintiff will submit all supplemental documents and evidence, if any, to 10 USCIS seven to ten days prior to the interview date. Plaintiff recognizes that failure to submit 11 documents prior to the interview may require the interview to be rescheduled and the adjudication 12 delayed. If needed, Plaintiff will bring an interpreter to the interview, otherwise the interview will 13 need to be rescheduled and the adjudication delayed. After the interview, USCIS will need time

14 to adjudicate Plaintiff’s asylum application. Once the application is adjudicated, Plaintiff will 15 dismiss the case with each party to bear their own litigation costs and attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, 16 the parties request this abeyance to allow USCIS to conduct Plaintiff’s asylum interview and then 17 process his asylum application. 18 As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold the 19 case in abeyance until April 2, 2025. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before 20 April 2, 2025. 21 // 22 //

23 DATED on this 11th day of October, 2024.

24 1 Respectfully submitted,

2 TESSA M. GORMAN GIBBS HOUSTON PAUW United States Attorney 3 s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Adam Boyd 4 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 ADAM BOYD, WSBA #49849 Assistant United States Attorney 1000 Second Avenue, Suite 1600 5 United States Attorney’s Office Seattle, Washington 98104-1003 Western District of Washington Phone: (206) 682-1080 6 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Email: adam.boyd@ghp-law.net Tacoma, Washington 98402 7 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Attorney for Plaintiff Fax: (253) 428-3826 8 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov

9 Attorneys for Defendants

10 I certify that this memorandum contains 414 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 11 12

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until April 2, 2025. The parties shall submit a joint status 3 report on or before April 2, 2025. It is so ORDERED.

4 5 DATED this 30th day of October, 2024. 6

8 a 9 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge 10

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