Northwest Immigrant Rights Project et al v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services et al

Filing 193

ORDER granting Defendants' 192 Unopposed Motion to Modify the Court's 137 Order Adopting Parties' Partial Implementation Plan. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (LH)

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The Honorable James L. Robart

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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NORTHWEST IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
PROJECT, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al.,

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Case No. 2:15-cv-00813-JLR

JLR
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO
MODIFY THIS COURT’S ORDER
ADOPTING THE PARTIES’ PARTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR:
April 28, 2022

Defendants.

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Upon consideration of Defendants’ Unopposed Motion to Modify this Court’s Order

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Adopting the Parties’ Partial Implementation Plan, this Motion is GRANTED, and paragraph

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1(c) of the Parties’ Partial Implementation Plan is modified as follows, additional language in

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italics:

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Reallocated 50 Immigration Service Officers to work full time on initial (c)(8)
applications (subject to modification upward or downward depending on workload, as
determined by USCIS). Further, USCIS may transfer initial (c)(8) applications out of the
TSC for adjudication at other service centers, depending on workload at those service
centers and as determined by USCIS, to help address the increased workload of initial
(c)(8) cases and any backlog of cases waiting for adjudication.

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[Proposed] Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Modify
18-655-JLR

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IT IS ORDERED.

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Dated this 29th day of April, 2022.

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James L. Robart
United States District Judge

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Presented by:
BRIAN M. BOYNTON
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
WILLIAM C. PEACHEY
Director
Office of Immigration Litigation
District Court Section
JEFFREY S. ROBINS
Deputy Director
By: s/ Aaron S. Goldsmith
Aaron S. Goldsmith
Senior Litigation Counsel
United States Department of Justice
Civil Division
Office of Immigration Litigation
District Court Section
Washington, D.C. 20044
Tel.: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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[Proposed] Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Modify
18-655-JLR