Opinion
2:24-cv-00414-MJP
10-01-2024
ANSAF ISMAEL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Defendant.
TESSA M. GORMAN United States Attorney MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Western District of Washington Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 285 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. DAVID STRASHNOY LAW, PC KRISTINA DAVID*, *PHV GIBBS HOUSTON PAUW ADAM BOYD, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
TESSA M. GORMAN United States Attorney MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Western District of Washington Attorneys for Defendants I certify that this memorandum contains 285 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.
DAVID STRASHNOY LAW, PC KRISTINA DAVID*, *PHV GIBBS HOUSTON PAUW ADAM BOYD, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER
MARSHA J. PECHMAN United States Senior District Judge.
Plaintiffs and Defendant, 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 continue to stay these proceedings through November 6, 2024. Plaintiffs brought this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act seeking, inter alia, to compel Defendant to complete administrative processing and issue a decision for Plaintiff Saleh's immigrant visa application. This case is currently stayed through October 7, 2024. Dkt. No. 10. The parties are currently working towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until November 6, 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.
With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial intervention. This case is currently undergoing administrative processing which may result in a consular officer readjudicating Plaintiff Saleh's immigrant visa application. Plaintiff is in the process of responding to a request for information from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Once Plaintiff submits all requested documents, additional time is necessary for the consular officer to review the documents and for any additional security checks to be conducted.
As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until November 6, 2024.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
The case is held in abeyance until November 6, 2024. The parties shall submit a joint status report on or before November 6, 2024. It is so ORDERED.