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: October 28, 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 forty-five days. The case is currently stayed. Dkt. No. 26. [17] The parties continue to work 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 Plaintiffs report that the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration (“IOM”) 2 performed the beneficiary’s medical exam on October 17, 2022. The State Department recently 3 received the beneficiary’s results. If the beneficiary remains qualified, a travel foil will be issued 4 for the beneficiary. IOM can then make travel arrangements. Therefore, the parties believe good 5 cause exists to continue the stay in these proceedings to save the parties from spending unnecessary 6 time and judicial resources on this matter. 7 Accordingly, the parties jointly stipulate and request that the Court stay these proceedings 8 for forty-five days. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before December 16, 2022. 9 Dated: October 28, 2022 [10] Respectfully submitted, [11] NICHOLAS W. BROWN 12 United States Attorney 13 s/Michelle R. Lambert MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 14 Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office 15 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Tacoma, Washington 98402 16 Phone: 206-428-3824 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 17 Attorneys for Defendants [18] s/Jane Marie O’Sullivan 19 JANE MARIE O’SULLIVAN WSBA#34486 20 O’Sullivan Law Office 2417 Pacific Avenue SE, 2nd Floor 21 Olympia, Washington 98501 Phone: 206-340-9980 22 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 December 16, 2022. [5] DATED this 31st day of October, 2022. [8] A [9] Tana Lin United States District Judge