Benitez-Field v. Holder et al

Filing 54

ORDER granting 53 Motion. Defendants shall immediately file the Certified Administrative Record. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall jointly file a status report, in accordance with this Order, on or before November 23, 2016. Signed by Judge Dana L. Christensen on 11/17/2016. (ASG, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
MISSOULA DIVISION
LOURDES KATHLEEN
BENITEZ-FIELD,
Alien Number 200-089-980,
ORDER
Plaintiff,
vs.
ERIC HOLDER, Attorney General of
the United States; JEH JOHNSON,
Secretary of Department of Homeland
Security; LAURENCE CARROLL,
Supervising Detention and Deportation
Officer, Immigration & Customs
Enforcement, Helena Detention and
Removal Office; TODD
MCWHORTER, Acting Field Office
Director, Immigration & Customs
Enforcement, Salt Lake City Detention
and Removal Office; and DIRECTOR,
USCIS Vermont Service Center,
Defendants.
Plaintiff Lourdes Kathleen Benitez-Field moves the Court to order
Defendants to file the Certified Administrative Record. Defendants do not oppose
this motion as long as Plaintiffs privacy interests are protected, which may
include filing the Certified Administrative Record under seal. Because this
motion is unopposed, the Court will grant it. Defendants will be ordered to
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immediately lodge the Certified Administrative Record.
Further, on November 15, 2016, Defendants filed a status report notifying
that Court that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services'
Administrative Appeals Office ("AAO") denied Plaintiffs Motions to Reopen and
Motions to Reconsider her U Visa and Violence Against Women Act applications.
(Doc. 52.) Defendants state that the parties would file a joint status report within
one week updating the Court on the impact of these decisions on this case. The
Court will thus order the parties to jointly file this status report on or before
November 23, 2016. In addition to notifying the Court about the impact of the
AAO's decisions, the status report shall also contain the date the Certified
Administrative Record will be lodged, if it has not yet been filed.
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff Lourdes Kathleen Benitez-Field's motion
Unopposed Motion for Filing of Certified Administrative Record (Doc. 53) is
GRANTED. Defendants shall immediately file the Certified Administrative
Record.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall jointly file a status report,
in accordance with the above order, on or
Dated this

11"~ay of November 2

ore November 23, 2016.

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Dana L. Christensen, Chief Judge
United States District Court
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