Garza v. Blinken ( 2024 )

1 JUAnSitOedN S Mtat.e Fs RAItEtoRrnSeOyN 2 District of Nevada Nevada Bar No. 7709 3 VIRGINIA T. TOMOVA 4 Assistant United States Attorney Nevada Bar No. 12504 5 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 6 (702) 388-6530 Virginia.Tomova@usdoj.gov 7 Attorneys for the Federal Defendants 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 Eric Garza and Jose Garza, Case No. 2:23-cv-01886-JCM-NJK 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. Stipulation to Dismiss and Order 13 Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of 14 State; Rena Bitter, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; Julie Stufft, 15 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services; Eric Cohan, United States Consul 16 General for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; and 17 John Doe, Consular Officer for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 18 Defendants. 19 Plaintiffs Eric Garza and Jose Garza, and Defendants Antony Blinken, United States 20 Secretary of State; Rena Bitter, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; Julie Stufft, 21 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services; Eric Cohan, United States Consul 22 General for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; and John Doe, Consular Officer for Ciudad Juarez, 23 Mexico, (“Federal Defendants”), through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that their 24 action be, and is hereby, dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the 25 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, with each party to bear its own costs and fees of suit. 26 / / / 27 / / / 28 1 Plaintiffs’ claims are moot considering the United States Supreme Court decision in 2 || Dep’t of State v. Murioz, issued on June 21, 2024. Id., No. 23-334, 602 U.S. __, 2024 U.S. 3 || LEXIS 2716. Accordingly, Plaintiff's claims should be dismissed with prejudice. 4 Respectfully submitted this 27th day of June 2024. 5 LAW OFFICES OF ANTHONY D. | JASON M. FRIERSON 6 ||| GUENTHER, ESQ. United States Attorney 7 8 /s/ Anthony Guenther, Esq. /s/ Virginia T. Tomova ANTHONY GUENTHER, ESQ. VIRGINIA T. TOMOVA 9 Nevada Bar No. 5651 Assistant United States Attorney 721 S. 6th Street Attorneys for the Federal Defendants 10 ||| Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 11 Attorney for Plaintiffs 12 B IT IS SO ORDERED: 14 itus 0. Atala, I5 UNITE) STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 16 DATED: June 28, 2024 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 of 2