Opinion
2:24-cv-01375-JLR
11-13-2024
RWANGOKO ANDREW, Plaintiff, v. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Defendants.
TESSA M. GORMAN United States Attorney Michelle R. Lambert MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Western District of Washington Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 213 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC Diana Siri Breaux DIANA SIRI BREAUX, WSBA #46112 PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP Steven A. Zalesin STEVEN A. ZALESIN*, NYS #2070134 Stephanie Sofer STEPHANIE SOFER*, NYS #5882477 Emma Guido Brill EMMA GUIDO BRILL*, NYS #5562699 Pro Hac Vice Admitted Attorneys for Plaintiff
Noted for Consideration: November 12, 2024
TESSA M. GORMAN
United States Attorney
Michelle R. Lambert
MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney's Office
Western District of Washington
Attorneys for Defendants
I certify that this memorandum contains 213 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules
SUMMIT LAW GROUP, PLLC
Diana Siri Breaux
DIANA SIRI BREAUX, WSBA #46112
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP
Steven A. Zalesin
STEVEN A. ZALESIN*, NYS #2070134
Stephanie Sofer
STEPHANIE SOFER*, NYS #5882477
Emma Guido Brill
EMMA GUIDO BRILL*, NYS #5562699
Pro Hac Vice Admitted
Attorneys for Plaintiff
STIPULATED MOTION TO CONTINUE DEADLINE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
JAMES L. ROBART, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Rwangoko Andrew and Defendants, through their respective counsel, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 10(g) and 16, and hereby jointly stipulate and move for a 45-day extension of the deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint. A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial and trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir. 1986). Good cause exists to extend Defendants' response deadline to December 27, 2024.
Plaintiff brings this lawsuit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the Mandamus Act to compel the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate the Forms I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petitions, that Plaintiff filed on behalf of his wife and children in December 2018. Recently, USCIS has transferred the petitions to the USCIS Nairobi Field Office for scheduling of the interviews. The parties seek this extension to allow the petitions to reach the Nairobi Field Office. At that time, the parties will have a better understanding of the timeframe required to complete the processing of the petitions.
Therefore, the parties agree to and propose that Defendants' deadline to respond to the Complaint be extended to December 27, 2024.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Defendants' deadline to respond to the Complaint is extended to December 27, 2024. It is so ORDERED.