Mansur v. United States Dep't of Homeland Sec.

Full title: RASHMI MANSUR, SWETHA KRISHNAN, RUCHIR KHANDELWAL, AND ANUPAM AWAL…

Court: United States District Court, Western District of Washington

Date published: Mar 13, 2023

2:22-cv-01675-BJR (W.D. Wash. Mar. 13, 2023)

Opinion

2:22-cv-01675-BJR

03-13-2023

RASHMI MANSUR, SWETHA KRISHNAN, RUCHIR KHANDELWAL, AND ANUPAM AWAL, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, a federal agency, U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, a federal agency, and UR MENDOZA JADDOU, Defendants.

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP AL ROUNDTREE, WSBA #54851 NICHOLAS W. BROWN United States Attorney KATIE D. FAIRCHILD, WSBA #47712 Assistant United States Attorney FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP Daniel P. Pierce (Pro Hac Vice) Carl W. Hampe (Pro Hac Vice)

BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP

AL ROUNDTREE, WSBA #54851

NICHOLAS W. BROWN United States Attorney

KATIE D. FAIRCHILD, WSBA #47712 Assistant United States Attorney

FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP

Daniel P. Pierce (Pro Hac Vice)

Carl W. Hampe (Pro Hac Vice)

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINE

BARBARA J. ROTHSTEIN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

The parties, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to extend Defendants' time to respond to the Complaint until April 7, 2023. Plaintiffs are foreign nationals who bring this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the Mandamus Act seeking, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to adjudicate their visa applications. See Dkt. 1. Defendants have yet to answer 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). The parties are currently working in good faith to determine whether this case may be resolved without further litigation. To give the parties time to discuss potential resolution of this case, as well as allow the government additional time for further administrative processing, as needed, the parties stipulate and jointly request that the Court extend Defendants' time to respond to the Complaint until April 7, 2023.

SO STIPULATED.

ORDER

The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED.