Obaid et al v. Blinken et al

Filing 19

STIPULATION and ORDER TEMPORARILY STAYING CASE AND VACATING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 5/9/2022. (Kusamura, W)

1 PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney
2 ELLIOT WONG
Assistant United States Attorney
3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
4 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
5
6 Attorneys for Defendants
7

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9
10

MOHAMMED SALEH OBAID, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,

11
12
13
14

v.
ANTONY BLINKEN, ET AL.,

CASE NO. 1:21-CV-01689-JLT-SKO
STIPULATION AND ORDER TEMPORARILY
STAYING CASE AND VACATING SCHEDULING
CONFERENCE
(Doc. 18)

Defendants.

15
16

The Defendants respectfully request to hold this case in temporary abeyance through July 29,

17 2022, and counsel for Plaintiffs does not oppose.
18

In their complaint, Plaintiffs sought review of a decision of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

19 Services (USCIS) that revoked a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relatives. Thereafter, USCIS
20 voluntarily reopened the adjudication and, on February 17, 2022, approved the petition. The non-citizen
21 Plaintiffs are currently scheduled for a consular interview on their visa applications on July 17, 2022.
22

Defendants contend that USCIS’s February 17, 2022, decision moots this case. Plaintiffs have

23 agreed to consider a stipulated dismissal after the completion of the July 17, 2022, consular interview.
24 The parties therefore stipulate that this matter be held in temporary abeyance through July 29, 2022.
25 The parties further request that all other filing deadlines be similarly vacated, and the currently
26 scheduled initial scheduling conference, set for June 7, 2022, be vacated and reset.
27
28
1
30

1

Respectfully submitted,

2
3

Dated: May 9, 2022

PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney

4
5

By: /s/ ELLIOT C. WONG
ELLIOT C. WONG
Assistant United States Attorney

6
7
8

/s/ JULIE ANN GOLDBERG
JULIE ANN GOLDBERG
Counsel for Plaintiffs

9
10
11

ORDER

12

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the parties (Doc. 18), and for good cause shown, this case

13

14 is temporarily STAYED until July 29, 2022, to permit the consular interview on Plaintiffs’ visa
15 applications to take place. The Scheduling Conference, currently set for June 7, 2022, is hereby
16 VACATED.
By no later than August 3, 2022, the parties shall file a joint statement apprising the Court of the

17

18 status of the case, at which point the Scheduling Conference will be re-set, if appropriate.
19
20

IT IS SO ORDERED.

21 Dated:
22

/s/ Sheila K. Oberto

May 9, 2022

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

23
24
25
26
27
28
2
30

.