Zhu v. Department of Homeland Security

Opinion

The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 ____________________________________ ) 8 XILONG ZHU, ) Case No. 3:20-cv-5818-RSL ) 9 ORDER TO EXTEND Plaintiff; ) DEADLINE TO FILE PL 10 ) AINTIFF’S RESPONSE T O THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ) MOTION TO DISMISS, OR 11 SECURITY, et al., ) ALTERNATIVELY, TO STAY Defendants. ) 12 ____________________________________) 13 ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO THE 14 MOTION TO DISMISS OR ALTERNATIVELY TO STAY 15 Plaintiff, Xilong Zhu, and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to 16 Local Rule 7, have moved for an extension of the deadline for Plaintiff to respond to the 17 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, or Alternatively, to Stay Proceedings pending litigation in Fang 18 v. Saldana, No. CV 17-2092 (JLL) (D.N.J.), rev'd and remanded sub nom, Fang v. Dir. United 19 States Immigration & Customs Enf't, 935 F.3d 172 (3d Cir. 2019). A court may modify a schedule 20 for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 21 The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadline and have so 22 23 stipulated. Defendants filed the foregoing Motion on November 18, 2020. Plaintiff received sealed 24 pleadings in a case in which his present attorney is not representing him, which are pertinent to the 25 present litigation, on November 24, 2020, six (6) days after the Motion was filed. Therefore, parties agree that ten (10) additional days is apppropriate for Plaintiff to submit a response to the

5 Government’s Motion.

3 The parties having agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. The deadline for Plaintiff to file a 4 | responsive pleading to the Motion to Dismiss is extended to December 10, 2020. Defendants’ 5 | Reply will be due on December 18, 2020. 6 7 DATED this 30th day of November, 2020. 8 9 Nw S (arank 10 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge 11 12 13 Respectfully submitted this 25th day of November 2020. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Proposed Order to Extend Page 2 of 3 Cascadia Cross Border Law Group Deadline for Plaintiff to File 4300 B Street, Suite 207 Response ANCHORAGE, AK 99503