Opinion
2:24-cv-00210-JLR
04-23-2024
HAWA ALI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ANTONY J. BLINKEN, et al., Defendants.
TESSA M. GORMAN UNITED STATES ATTORNEY MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS LAW OFFICES OF BART KLEIN BART KLEIN WSBA #10909 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
TESSA M. GORMAN UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
LAW OFFICES OF BART KLEIN BART KLEIN WSBA #10909 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
JAMES L. ROBART, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to stay these proceedings for sixty days. Plaintiffs bring this case pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act, inter alia, to compel the State Department to complete processing of their visa applications. Defendants' response to the Complaint is due on May 6, 2024. For good cause, the parties request that case be held in abeyance through July 5, 2024.
Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). “[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); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 1.
The parties are diligently working towards a resolution of this case without the need for further litigation. A consular officer interviewed Plaintiff Ibrahim on April 1, 2024. Thereafter, her visa application was refused pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1201(g). To potentially overcome this refusal, Plaintiff Ibrahim must submit statutorily required medical documentation. Once the documentation is submitted, the consular officer will continue processing her visa application. Because these steps are necessary, the parties agree and jointly request that this case be held in abeyance until July 5, 2024, and order the parties to file a joint status report on or before July 5, 2024.
I certify that this memorandum contains 264 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
The parties having so stipulated, the above is SO ORDERED. The parties shall file a joint status report on or before July 5, 2024.