Rahul Atmanand Prasad, et al. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

1 District Judge James L. Robart [6] 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE [9] RAHUL ATMANAND PRASAD, et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-00654-JLR [10] Plaintiffs, STIPULATED MOTION TO HOLD 11 v. CASE IN ABEYANCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 12 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Noted for Consideration: 13 November 19, 2025 Defendant. [14] 15 For good cause, Plaintiffs and Defendant, by and through their counsel of record, pursuant 16 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6 and Local Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 16, hereby jointly stipulate 17 and move to continue to stay these proceedings through January 30, 2026. Plaintiffs brought this 18 litigation pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act seeking, inter alia, to compel U.S. 19 Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) to adjudicate their Forms I-526E, Immigrant 20 Petition by Regional Center Investor, and Forms I-485, Application to Register Permanent 21 Residence or Adjust Status. The parties believe that this case may be resolved without further 22 judicial involvement if this case is stayed through January 30, 2026. 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 USCIS has adjudicated most of the petitions and applications at issue here. Plaintiff 5 Kvitko’s Form I-526E is being actively processed by USCIS. However, due to the voluminous 6 submission recently made in response to a Notice of Intent to Deny, USCIS requires additional 7 time to adjudicate the Form I-526E. Plaintiffs will voluntarily dismiss this litigation once the 8 adjudication is completed. Because further litigation may not be necessary, the parties agree that 9 holding this case in abeyance through January 30, 2026, is appropriate. Therefore, the parties 10 believe good cause exists for a stay in these proceedings to save the parties and this Court from 11 spending unnecessary time and judicial resources on this matter. 12 Accordingly, the parties request that the Court hold the case in abeyance until January 30, 13 2026. The parties will submit a joint status report on or before January 30, 2026. 14 // [15] 16 // [17] 18 // [19] 20 // [21] 22 // [23] 24 // 1 DATED this 19th day of November, 2025. 2 Respectfully submitted, 3 CHARLES NEIL FLOYD BLESS LITIGATION LLC United States Attorney [4] s/ Michelle R. Lambert s/ Jesse M. Bless 5 MICHELLE R. LAMBERT, NYS #4666657 JESSE M. BLESS, PHV Assistant United States Attorney Bless Litigation LLC 6 United States Attorney’s Office 6 Vineyard Lane Western District of Washington Georgetown, Massachusetts 01833 7 1201 Pacific Ave., Ste. 700 Phone: 718-704-3897 Tacoma, WA 98402 Email: jesse@blesslitigation.com 8 Phone: (253) 428-3824 Fax: (253) 428-3826 GEORGE IMMIGRATION PLLC 9 Email: michelle.lambert@usdoj.gov s/ Anahita M. George 10 Attorneys for Defendant ANAHITA M. GEORGE, WSBA# 57799 George Immigration PLLC 11 I certify that this memorandum contains 318 5719 Stetson Ct. NW words, in compliance with the Local Civil Olympia, Washington 98502 12 Rules. Phone: 425-328-9339 Email: ageorge@justimmigrationusa.com 13 Attorneys for Plaintiffs [24] 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 The case is held in abeyance until January 30, 2026. The parties shall submit a status 3 update on or before January 30, 2026. It is so ORDERED. [4] 5 DATED this 20th day of November, 2025. [6] 7 A _______________________________ [8] JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge