Opinion
2:24-cv-01441-RSL
11-19-2024
JAIME RAMON CASTANEDA VALENZUELA, Plaintiff, v. CONNIE NOLAN, et al., Defendants.
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. GLOBAL LAW ADVOCATES, PLLC INNA SCOTT, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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.
GLOBAL LAW ADVOCATES, PLLC INNA SCOTT, Attorney for Plaintiff.
STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER
Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge.
Plaintiff 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 until January 17, 2025. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his Form I-918 and Form I-765. Defendants' response to the Complaint is currently due on November 18, 2024. 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 January 17, 2025.
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. USCIS is in the process of reviewing Plaintiff's applications. Once the applications are adjudicated, Plaintiff will dismiss the case. As additional time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until January 17, 2025. The parties will submit a status update on or before January 17, 2025.
ORDER
The case is held in abeyance until January 17, 2025. The parties shall submit a status update on or before January 17, 2025. It is so ORDERED.