Zhu v. Department of Homeland Security
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Opinion
1 The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT SEATTLE 10 11 XILONG ZHU, CASE NO.20-cv-5818-RSL 12 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO Plaintiff, 13 EXTEND DEADLINE FOR v. DEFENDANTS TO FILE A 14 RESPONSIVE PLEADING UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 15 HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 STIPULATION 19 COME NOW, Plaintiff, Xilong Zhu, and Defendants United States Department of 20 21 Homeland Security, et al., by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Local 22 Rules 10(g) and 16, and hereby jointly stipulate and move for an extension of the 23 deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint by 30 days. Currently, Defendants’ 24 25 responsive pleading to the Complaint is due on October 19, 2020. 26 A court may modify a schedule for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 27 Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. 28 State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). 1 The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadline. U.S. 2 Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has scheduled an interview for Plaintiff 3 on November 4, 2020 regarding his current N-400 application. This matter may be 4 5 resolved without further involvement of the Court if USCIS grants Plaintiff’s pending N- 6 400 application. If the application is denied, Plaintiff will likely file an Amended 7 Complaint. Continuing the existing deadline for a responsive pleading will allow the 8 9 parties to conserve resources because they will not have to expend resources completing 10 work on the case that may become moot (or the issues may change) once USCIS is able 11 to interview plaintiff and issue a decision. 12 13 Stipulated to and presented this 16th day ofOctober, 2020. 14 15 CASCADIA CROSS BORDER LAW GROUP BRIAN T. MORAN United States Attorney 16 s/ Margaret D. Stock 17 MARGARET D. STOCK s/ Sarah K. Morehead 4300 B St., Ste 207 SARAH K. MOREHEAD, WSBA #29680 18 Anchorage, AK 99503 Assistant United States Attorney 19 907-242-5800 United States Attorney’s Office Email: Mstock@cascadialawalaska.com 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 20 Counsel for Plaintiff Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 21 Phone: 206-553-7970 Fax: 206-553-4067 22 Email: sarah.morehead@usdoj.gov 23 Counsel for Defendants 24 25 26 27 28 1 ORDER 2 The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. The deadline : for defendants to file aresponsive pleading to the Complaint is extended to November
5 18, 2020. 6 7 DATED this 19th day of __ October , 2020. 8 9 Wt S (anak 10 Robert S.Lasnk 11 United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Stipulation and Order 20- UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 5818-RSL- 3 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220
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