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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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Case No. C 07-6163 JF (RS)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

JFEX2

**E-Filed 12/11/07**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

BO HU,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case Number C 07-6163 JF (RS)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On December 5, 2007, Plaintiff Bo Hu (“Hu”) filed the instant “Complaint For Writ in

the Nature of Mandamus.” Hu asserts that Defendants have failed to process his I-485

Application to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status (“application”) in a timely manner. 

Hu alleges the following facts: he is a citizen of China and entered the United States as a

student on an F-1 visa in 1999. Complaint at ¶ 2. Hu received his PhD from the University of

California, Santa Barbara, in 2004, and currently resides in San Jose, California. Id. On

September 26, 2005, Hu and his wife, Yue Zeng (“Zeng”), filed their joint application with the

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). Id. Hu has supplied the USCIS

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with the documents necessary to establish his eligibility for Permanent Resident Status and has

exhausted his administrative remedies. Id. More than two years has passed since Hu and Zeng

filed the application and it has yet to be adjudicated. Id. at ¶ 13. The delay in the processing of

the application has resulted in various hardships for Hu and Zeng, including, but not limited to,

their inability to travel freely into and out of the United States, and to become naturalized United

States citizens. Id. at ¶ 12. 

Hu alleges that Defendants, by failing to timely process the application, have violated the

Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C § 701 et. seq. Id. at ¶ 15. Hu requests that the Court

require Defendants to properly adjudicate and approve Hu’s and Zeng’s application. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

(1) The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of the complaint and a copy of this

Order upon counsel for Defendants, the Office of the United States Attorney. The

Clerk of the Court also shall serve a copy of this Order upon Plaintiff.

(2) Defendants shall, within sixty (60) days after receiving service of the complaint,

show cause in writing why the relief prayed for should not be granted. 

(3) Plaintiff may file a response to Defendants’ filing within twenty (20) days after

receipt of such filing. 

(4) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the matter will be deemed submitted upon

the filing of the response or upon the expiration of time to file a response.

(5) The order dated December 5, 2007, setting an Initial Case Management

Conference and ADR deadlines, is hereby VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/11/07

__________________________________

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Copies of Order served on the following persons:

Plaintiff (Pro se):

Bo Hu 

20 Descanso Drive #1313 

San Jose, CA 95134 

Counsel for Defendants:

Office of the United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, CA 95113

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