Kashannejad v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al
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ORDER re 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 re Parties' Status Reports. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 4/15/2013. (emclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/15/2013)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JAMSHID S. KASHANNEJAD,
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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No. C-11-2228 EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE PARTIES’ STATUS
REPORTS
v.
UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al.,
(Docket Nos. 198-201)
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff has filed two status reports in which he essentially asks the Court to delay closure of
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the case so that he may obtain permission from authorities in Iran to leave the country. Having
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considered Plaintiff’s status reports, as well as Defendants’ responsive status reports, the Court
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hereby rules as follows.
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1.
To the extent Plaintiff argues that Defendants have failed to comply with the Court’s
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order of April 3, 2013, the Court rejects that argument. First, the Court never required Defendants to
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submit any evidence regarding their contact with Emirates and CBP. See Docket No. 197 (order).
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Second, Defendants have now offered proof that they did contact Emirates and CBP. See Docket
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No. 199 (status report). That Emirates may not have responded to Defendants is immaterial.
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Finally, Plaintiff’s second status report (not to mention Defendants’) establishes that there was no
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problem with him boarding the plane from the airline’s perspective. The only reason why Plaintiff
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did not board the plane was because he was purportedly told, either by the “passport police” or the
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“airport police” that he could not leave Iran without the permission of Iranian authorities (which was
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apparently consistent with what he was told by an Iranian attorney). But see Docket No. 201 (Ex. 1)
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(e-mail, dated April 14, 2013, from B. Afshar to V. Lawrence, et al., stating that “I have also
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checked with immigration office at the airport” but that Plaintiff was “not referred to immigration
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gates and there is no record for manual rejection as they don’t keep any record for that,” although
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“there is a possibility that his name was in [the immigration office’s] manual list”).
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The evidence of record establishes that Defendants did all that was necessary to
ensure that Plaintiff could travel on April 14, 2013, on Emirates.
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Since approximately September 2010, Plaintiff has been aware of the fact that he
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signed a statement “confess[ing] that he had left [Iran] illegally, or without permission.” Docket No.
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198 (Pl.’s Status Report at 2). Since at least February 26, 2013, Plaintiff has been specifically aware
that his attempt to leave Iran could be a problem because of this confession. See Docket No. 186
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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(Pl.’s Status Report at 3-4). Since March 13, 2013, Plaintiff has known that the Court would close
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the file in the case on April 15, 2013. See Docket No. 194 (order). Yet in spite of all of the above,
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between March 4, 2013 (i.e., the date Plaintiff purchased a ticket from Emirates) and April 5, 2013,
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Plaintiff did nothing to address the problem with his leaving Iran based on Iranian law. Plaintiff did
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not consult with an attorney about the issue until April 6, 2013, approximately a week before his
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date of travel. Based on Plaintiff’s own evidence, had he acted in a more timely fashion, this
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problem could have been cured in 10 working days. See Docket No. 198 (Pl.’s Decl. ¶ 3).
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Because Plaintiff’s inability to return to the United States on April 14, 2013, was a
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result of his own actions (or rather inactions) and not Defendants, the Court declines Plaintiff’s
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requested relief. Per the Court’s prior orders, the Clerk of the Court is instructed to enter a
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final judgment in favor of Plaintiff and close the file in the case. Defendants are discharged
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from any further obligation to assist Plaintiff in his return to the United States. See Docket
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Nos. 194, 197 (orders).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 15, 2013
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_________________________
EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge
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