Singh v. Jaddou et al

Filing 11

ORDER. The case is held in abeyance until 9/5/2025. The parties shall submit a status update on or before 9/5/2025. Signed by Judge Tana Lin. (MJV)

District Judge Tana Lin

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JATINDER SINGH,
v.

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Case No. 2:25-cv-00012-TL
Plaintiff,

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Defendants.

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STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD
CASE IN ABEYANCE AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Noted for Consideration:
March 5, 2025

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Pro se Plaintiff and Defendants, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local

16 Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to stay these proceedings until
17 September 5, 2025. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant to the Mandamus Act to compel
18 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his asylum application.
19 Defendants’ response to the Complaint is currently due on March 7, 2025. The parties are
20 currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that
21 the Court hold the case in abeyance until September 5, 2025.
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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Defendants substitute Senior Official Performing Duties of the

23 Director Kika Scott for former Director Ur M. Jaddou; Attorney General Pamela Bondi for Merrick Garland;
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for Alejandro Mayorkas; and Acting U.S. Attorney Teal

24 Luthy Miller for Tessa M. Gorman.

STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE
[Case No. 2:25-cv-00012-TL] - 1

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700
TACOMA, WA 98402
[phone]

Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706

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2 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to
3 control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for
4 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ.
5 P. 1.
With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial

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7 intervention. USCIS has scheduled Plaintiff’s asylum interview for May 8, 2025. USCIS agrees
8 to diligently work towards completing the adjudication within 120 days of the interview, absent
9 unforeseen or exceptional circumstances that would require additional time for adjudication. If
10 the adjudication is not completed within that time, USCIS will provide a status report to the
11 Court. Plaintiff will submit all supplemental documents and evidence, if any, to USCIS seven to
12 ten days prior to the interview date. Plaintiff recognizes that failure to submit documents prior to
13 the interview may require the interview to be rescheduled and the adjudication delayed. If
14 needed, Plaintiff will bring an interpreter to the interview, otherwise the interview will need to be
15 rescheduled, and the adjudication delayed. Once the application is adjudicated, Plaintiff will
16 dismiss the case. Accordingly, the parties request this abeyance to allow USCIS to conduct
17 Plaintiff’s asylum interview and then process his asylum application.
As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold

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19 the case in abeyance until September 5, 2025. The parties will submit a status update on or
20 before September 5, 2025.
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STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700
TACOMA, WA 98402
[phone]

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DATED this 5th day of March, 2025.

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Respectfully submitted,

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TEAL LUTHY MILLER
Acting United States Attorney

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s/ Michelle R. Lambert
MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney’s Office
Western District of Washington
1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700
Tacoma, Washington 98402
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants

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I certify that this memorandum contains 371
words, in compliance with the Local Civil
Rules.

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s/ Jatinder Singh
JATINDER SINGH
10412 se 186TH Place
Renton, Washington 98055
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Pro Se Plaintiff

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STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700
TACOMA, WA 98402
[phone]

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[PROPOSED] ORDER
The case is held in abeyance until September 5, 2025. The parties shall submit a status

3 update on or before September 5, 2025. It is so ORDERED.
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DATED this 5th day of March, 2025.

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Tana Lin

United States District Judge

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STIPULATED MOTION FOR ABEYANCE
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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
1201 PACIFIC AVE., STE. 700
TACOMA, WA 98402
[phone]