Castaneda Valenzuela v. Nolan

[6] 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE [9] JAIME RAMON CASTANEDA Case No. 2:24-cv-01441-RSL 10 VALENZUELA, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 Plaintiff, CASE IN ABEYANCE AND ORDER v. [12] CONNIE NOLAN, et al., [13] Defendants. [14] 15 Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant to Federal Rule 16 of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate and move to 17 continue to stay these proceedings until May 14, 2025. Plaintiff brought this litigation pursuant 18 to the Administrative Procedure Act and Mandamus Act, inter alia, to compel U.S. Citizenship 19 and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate his Form I-918 and Form I-765. This case is 20 currently stayed through January 17, 2025. Dkt. No. 8. The parties are currently working 21 towards a resolution to this litigation. For good cause, the parties request that the Court continue 22 to hold the case in abeyance until May 14, 2025. 23 Courts have “broad discretion” to stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 , 706 24 (1997). “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to 1 control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for 2 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Fed. R. Civ. 3 P. 1 . 4 With additional time, this case may be resolved without the need of further judicial 5 intervention. USCIS has issued a Request for Evidence (“RFE”) that is necessary to adjudicate 6 Plaintiff’s applications. Plaintiff’s response to the RFE is due on April 14, 2025. Once USCIS 7 receives the RFE response, it will need time to review the information provided. As additional 8 time is necessary for this to occur, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance 9 until May 14, 2025. The parties will submit a status update on or before May 14, 2025. 10 DATED this 16th day of January, 2025. 11 Respectfully submitted, 12 TESSA M. GORMAN GLOBAL LAW ADVOCATES, PLLC United States Attorney [13] s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Inna Scott 14 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 INNA SCOTT, WSBA #46864 Assistant United States Attorney Global Law Advocates, PLLC 15 United States Attorney’s Office 655 South Orcas Street, Ste. 210 Western District of Washington Seattle, Washington 98108 16 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 700 Phone: 206-774-8758 Tacoma, Washington 98402 Email: iscott@globallawadvocates.com 17 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Attorneys for Plaintiff Fax: (253) 428-3826 18 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov 19 Attorneys for Defendants 20 I certify that this memorandum contains 276 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. [24] 1 ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until May 14, 2025. The parties shall submit a status update 3 on or before May 14, 2025. It is so ORDERED. [4] 5 Dated this 16th day of January, 2025. [6] 7 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge