Haseli et al v. United States Department of State et al

Filing 16

ORDER re Parties' 15 Stipulated MOTION to Hold Case in Abeyance. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before 4/12/2024. Signed by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (MJV)

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District Judge Thomas S. Zilly 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Case No. 2:23-cv-01753-TSZ DR. SARA HASELI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER Noted for Consideration: March 26, 2024 Defendants. 14 15 16 Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal 17 Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and 18 move to stay these proceedings through April 12, 2024. Plaintiffs bring this litigation pursuant 19 to the Administrative Procedure Act to compel Defendants to complete processing of Plaintiff 20 Nariman’s nonimmigrant visa application. For good cause, the parties request that this case be 21 stayed through April 12, 2024. 22 Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 23 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to 24 control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for STIPULATED MOTION [Case No. 2:23-cv-01753-TSZ] - 1 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 TACOMA, WA 98402 (253) 428-3800 1 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. 2 Civ. P. 1. 3 With additional time, this litigation may be resolved in its entirety. Plaintiff Nariman’s 4 visa was issued on March 25, 2024. It is anticipated that Nariman will receive the physical visa 5 shortly. Once the visa is obtained, Plaintiffs will dismiss this litigation. Accordingly, the 6 parties jointly stipulate and request that the Court stay these proceedings through April 12, 7 2024. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before April 12, 2024. 8 DATED this 26th day of March, 2024. 9 Respectfully submitted, 10 TESSA M. GORMAN United States Attorney 11 /s/Michelle R. Lambert 12 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 Assistant United States Attorney 13 United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Washington 14 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Tacoma, Washington 98402 15 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 16 Attorneys for Defendants 17 I certify that this memorandum contains 216 18 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 19 20 21 SOUND IMMIGRATION s/Greg McLawsen GREG MCLAWSEN, WSBA #41870 113 Cherry Street, ECM# 45921 Seattle, Washington 98104 Phone: (855) 809-5115 Email: greg@soundimmigration.com MCCANDLISH HOLTON, PC s/David E. Gluckman DAVID E. GLUCKMAN, PHV, VA No.76773 1111 East Main Street, Ste. 2100 Richmond, Virginia 23219 Phone: (804) 775-3826 Email: dgluckman@lawmh.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION [Case No. 2:23-cv-01753-TSZ] - 2 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 TACOMA, WA 98402 (253) 428-3800 ORDER 1 2 3 4 The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before April 12, 2024. DATED this 27th day of March, 2024. 5 A 6 THOMAS S. ZILLY United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STIPULATED MOTION [Case No. 2:23-cv-01753-TSZ] - 3 UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700 TACOMA, WA 98402 (253) 428-3800

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