Wang v. Mayorkas et al

Filing 7

MINUTE ORDER: The Court GRANTS the parties' 6 stipulated motion and holds the case in abeyance until 4/10/2024. The Court ORDERS the parties to submit a joint status report by no later than 4/102024.Authorized by Judge Jamal N Whitehead. (KRA) (cc: Plaintiff via USPS)(KRA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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LIANG WANG,

CASE NO. 2:23-cv-1340
Plaintiff,

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v.
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security,
MERRICK GARLAND, Attorney
General of the United States, and
EMILIA BARDINI, Director of San
Francisco Asylum Office,
Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Jamal N. Whitehead, United States District Judge:
On November 7, 2023, the parties filed a stipulated motion to hold the case in
abeyance while they attempted to resolve the dispute without judicial intervention.
“[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court
to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort
for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254
(1936). The Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated motion and holds the case in

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abeyance until April 10, 2024. The Court ORDERS the parties to submit a joint

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status report by no later than April 10, 2024.

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Dated this 13th day of November 2023.
Ravi Subramanian

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Clerk

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/s/Kathleen Albert

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Deputy Clerk

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