Maalin v. Mayorkas

1 District Judge Tana Lin [6] 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 FARTUN A. MAALIN et al., No. 2:21-cv-1700-TL 10 Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE AND 11 v. [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Noted for Consideration on: September 30, 2022 13 Defendants. [14] Plaintiffs and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule [15] of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to [16] continue to stay these proceedings for thirty days. The case is currently stayed. Dkt. No. 24. The [17] parties are currently working diligently towards a resolution to this litigation. [18] Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 , 706 [19] (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to [20] control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for [21] counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ. 22 P. 1 . [24] 1 The State Department has been informed that the United Nation’s International Organization 2 for Migration anticipates scheduling the beneficiary’s medical exam in early October. Once 3 processing is completed, this case will be moot. Therefore, the parties believe good cause exists 4 for a brief stay in these proceedings to save the parties from spending unnecessary time and judicial 5 resources on this matter. 6 Accordingly, the parties jointly stipulate and request that the Court stay these proceedings 7 for thirty days. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before November 1, 2022. 8 Dated: September 30, 2022 [9] Respectfully submitted, [10] NICHOLAS W. BROWN 11 United States Attorney 12 s/Michelle R. Lambert MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 13 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 14 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Tacoma, Washington 98402 15 Phone: 206-428-3824 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 16 Attorneys for Defendants [17] s/Jane Marie O’Sullivan 18 JANE MARIE O’SULLIVAN WSBA#34486 19 O’Sullivan Law Office 2417 Pacific Avenue SE, 2nd Floor 20 Olympia, Washington 98501 Phone: 206-340-9980 21 Email: jane@osullivanlawoffice.com Attorney for Plaintiffs [1] [PROPOSED] ORDER [2] The parties having stipulated and agreed, it is hereby so ORDERED. The parties shall file [3] a joint status report on or before November 1, 2022. [5] DATED this 30th day of September 2022. [9] A [10] Tana Lin United States District Judge