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Nature of Suit Code: 462
Nature of Suit: Naturalization, Petition For Hearing of Denial
Cause of Action: Application for Naturalization

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Stipulation to Remand 

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DAVID L. ANDERSON (CABN 149604) 

United States Attorney 

SARA WINSLOW (DC Bar No. 457643) 

Chief, Civil Division 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-6925 

FAX: (415) 436-6748 

Sara.winslow@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

ADALAITI SHAWUTI, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

CHAD F. WOLF, in his Official Capacity as 

Acting Director of the Department of Homeland 

Security, et al., 

 Defendants. 

 

 Case No. 20-cv-00177 NC 

STIPULATION REMANDING CASE TO 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 

IMMIGRATION SERVICES, PURSUANT TO 8 

U.S.C. § 1447(b) and ORDER

 Subject to the Court’s approval, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that: 

1. Plaintiff commenced an action pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b), requesting this Court to 

adjudicate her application for naturalization that was pending before the United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (“USCIS” or “the agency”) for more than 120 days after Plaintiff had been 

interviewed. 

2. USCIS is now prepared to resolve this matter by adjudicating Plaintiff’s application for 

naturalization. However, USCIS cannot adjudicate the application unless and until the Court remands 

the matter to the agency. See 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) (explaining that the district court “may remand [a 

Section 1447(b) case], with appropriate instructions, to the [USCIS]”); United States v. Hovsepian, 359 

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Stipulation to Remand 

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F.3d 1144, 1160 (9th Cir. 2004) (accord). 

3. The Court shall remand this case to USCIS, 1450 Coleman Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050, 

directing the agency to take any and all necessary actions, and to issue a decision on Plaintiff’s 

application for naturalization within 30 days of the remand order. Based on the information now 

available to it, USCIS sees no basis that precludes a grant of Plaintiff’s application for naturalization. 

However, Plaintiff acknowledges her burden to establish and maintain eligibility for naturalization up 

to the time she has taken the oath of allegiance. 

4. If USCIS does not issue a decision on Plaintiff’s application for naturalization within the time 

frame set forth in paragraph 3 above, Defendants will not oppose any request by Plaintiff to this Court 

to vacate the remand order and thereby re-assert jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s action pursuant to 8 U.S.C. 

§ 1447(b). 

5. Each party will bear their own costs and attorney fees. 

Date: March 4, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

DAVID L. ANDERSON 

United States Attorney 

 

 /s/ 

 SARA WINSLOW 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: March 4, 2020 

 /s/ 

 AMIR A. NAIM 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

ORDER 

 Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: March 5, 2020 ____________________________ 

NATHANAEL COUSINS 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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