Kaur v. Wolf et al

Filing 13

ORDER re parties' 12 Stipulated Motion to Extend Deadlines. Joint Status Report due by 3/9/2021, Answer due 3/12/2021. Signed by Judge Marsha J. Pechman. (PM)

Download PDF
Case 2:20-cv-00619-MJP Document 13 Filed 01/07/21 Page 1 of 3 The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 MANPREET KAUR, Case No. 2:20-cv-619 MJP Plaintiff, 10 11 v. 12 WOLF, 1 13 14 CHAD Acting Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; et al., STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES AND ORDER Note on Motion Calendar: January 7, 2021 Defendants. 15 16 17 The parties, pursuant to Local Rules 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate 18 19 and move for a 60-day extension of their deadline to file a Joint Status Report 20 and Discovery Plan, and of defendants’ deadline to Answer the Complaint. The 21 Joint Status Report and Answer are currently due January 8 and 11, 2021, 22 respectively; the new deadlines would be March 9 and 12, 2021. 23 A court may modify a schedule for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). 24 Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. 25 See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). 26 27 28 The Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is incorrectly named as “John” Wolf in the Complaint and on the docket. 1 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 2:20-cv-619-MJP PAGE– 1 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970 Case 2:20-cv-00619-MJP Document 13 Filed 01/07/21 Page 2 of 3 1 The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of these 2 deadlines. The Court has previously extended these deadlines as Defendants 3 worked to adjudicate Plaintiff’s I-130 Petition for Alien Relative and issue the 4 visa, as requested in Plaintiff’s mandamus Complaint. Dkt. nos. 7, 9, and 11. 5 In September 2020, Defendant Gregory A. Richardson, Director of the Texas 6 Service Center for United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 7 adjudicated USCIS’ Notice of Intent to Revoke favorably to Plaintiff, reaffirming 8 the prior approval of Plaintiff’s I-130 Petition. USCIS then forwarded the 9 approved I-130 Petition to the U.S. Department of State’s National Visa Center 10 for further processing. The State Department sent Plaintiff’s visa application 11 to the U.S. consulate in Mumbai, India in November 2020. Last week, Plaintiff 12 reported to her counsel that she is scheduled for a visa interview at the 13 Mumbai consulate on January 22, 2021. 14 Considering the progress described above, the parties continue to believe 15 this mandamus action could likely be resolved without litigation. To avoid 16 unnecessary expenses and conserve their own and the Court’s resources, the 17 parties seek a further 60-day extension of their deadline to file a Joint Status 18 Report and Defendants’ deadline to file the Answer. 19 20 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. DATED: January 7, 2021 24 s/ Bart Klein BART KLEIN, WSBA #10909 605 1st Ave, Ste 500 Seattle, WA 98104 Phone Number: 206-624-3787 Fax: 206-624-6371 Email: Bart.Klein@bartklein.com 25 Attorney for Plaintiff 21 22 23 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 2:20-cv-619-MJP PAGE– 2 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970 Case 2:20-cv-00619-MJP Document 13 Filed 01/07/21 Page 3 of 3 1 5 s/ Kyle A. Forsyth KYLE A. FORSYTH, WSBA #34609 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 Seattle, WA 98101-1271 Phone: (206) 553-7970 Email: kyle.forsyth@usdoj.gov 6 Attorney for Defendants 2 DATED: January 7, 2021 3 4 7 ORDER 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated this 7th day of January 2021. 11 12 A 13 14 Marsha J. Pechman United States Senior District Judge 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES 2:20-cv-619-MJP PAGE– 3 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 700 STEWART STREET, SUITE 5220 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101 (206) 553-7970

Disclaimer: Justia Dockets & Filings provides public litigation records from the federal appellate and district courts. These filings and docket sheets should not be considered findings of fact or liability, nor do they necessarily reflect the view of Justia.


Why Is My Information Online?