Al Khateeb v. United States Department of Homeland Security ( 2021 )

1 The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 MUATAZ YAHYA ABDULJABBAR AL KHATEEB, CASE NO. 2:21-cv-0863-MJP 10 an individual; SHAYMAA TAREQ ZAIDAN, an individual; O.A., a child represented by his parents 11 Muataz and Shaymaa; Y.Y., a child represented by his parents Muataz and Shaymaa; MUSTAFA MUATAZ 12 YAHYA, an individual; and YAHYA MUATAZ YAHYA, an individual. 13 Plaintiffs, 14 ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED v. MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO 15 ANSWER COMPLAINT UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, in his 16 official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 17 NOTING DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2021 IMMIGRATION SERVICES; UR M. JADDOU, in her official capacity as Director of USCIS; USCIS FRAUD 18 DETECTION AND NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE; MATTHEW D. EMRICH, in his 19 official capacity as Associate Director of the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate of USCIS; 20 USCIS SEATTLE DISTRICT OFFICE; ANNE CORSANO, in her official capacity as the District 21 Director for the Seattle Field Office of USCIS; CYNTHIA MUNITA, in her official capacity as the 22 Field Office Director for the Seattle Field Office of USCIS; USCIS ROME FIELD OFFICE or its successor; 23 SARAH SHERGILL, in her official capacity as the Field Office Director for the Rome Field Office of 24 1 USCIS or her successor; USCIS REFUGEE, ASYLUM, AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS; and 2 JENNIFER B. HIGGINS, in her official capacity as the Associate Director of the USCIS RAIO, 3 Defendants.1 4 5 The parties, pursuant to LCR 10(g), hereby stipulate and move for a 30-day extension of the 6 deadline for Defendant to answer the Complaint until November 3, 2021. 7 A court may modify a deadline for good cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). Continuing pretrial and 8 trial dates is within the discretion of the trial judge. See King v. State of California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 9 (9th Cir. 1986). The parties submit there is good cause for an extension of the deadline to answer. The 10 parties are discussing potential resolution of this matter that may avoid the need for further judicial 11 intervention. The parties respectfully seek an extension of 30 days to determine if resolution is possible 12 before Defendant responds to the Complaint. 13 IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 14 Dated: October 4, 2021. Respectfully submitted, 15 TESSA M. GORMAN Acting United States Attorney 16 /s/ James C. Strong 17 JAMES C. STRONG, OR # 131597 Assistant United States Attorney 18 United States Attorney’s Office 700 Stewart Street, Suite 5220 19 Seattle, Washington 98101-1271 Phone: 206-553-7970 20 Fax: 206-553-4073 E-mail: james.strong@usdoj.gov 21 22 23 24 1 On August 3, 2021, Ur M. Jaddou became Director of USCIS. She should be automatically substituted for Defendant Tracy Renaud. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). 1 Dated: October 4, 2021 /s/ Jay Gairson 2 JAY GAIRSON, WSBA # 43365 Garrison Law, LLC 3 4606 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S. Seattle, Washington 98108 4 Phone: 206-357-4218 E-mail: jay@gairson.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 3 Dated this 4th day of October, 2021. 4 A 5 6 Marsha J. Pechman United States Senior District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24