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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 8:1446 Petition for Naturalization Hearing

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

YINAN ZHANG, ALIA AHMADI,

ZHONG FU, ABDUL GHAFOOR,

MIAO LING HUANG, SANA JALILI,

YAN WANG, YAN YIN,

Plaintiffs-Petitioners,

v.

DAVID STILL, District Director, U.S.

Department of Homeland Security,

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration

Services, San Francisco District; EMILIO

T. GONZALEZ, Director, U.S.

Department of Homeland Security,

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration

Services; MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S.

Secretary of Homeland Security;

ROBERT S. MUELLER III, Director of

the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney

General of the United States,

Defendants-Respondents. 

No. C 07-0503 SBA

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

On January, 24, 2007, Plaintiff Yinan Zhang commenced this action by filing a Petition for

Hearing on Naturalization Application under 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). Docket Report No. 1. On February

8, 2007 Alia Ahmadi, Zhong Fu, Abdul Ghafoor, Miao Ling Huang, Sana Jalili, Yan Wang, and Yan

Yin joined the action filed by Zhang, and all plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint for Declaratory

and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Naturalization Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). Docket No. 4. On

April 30, 2007 Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss, which is scheduled for hearing on July 31, 2007.

Docket No. 27. 

On June 12, 2007 Ahmadi, Fu, Ghafoor, Huang, Jalili, Want, and Yin filed a Notice of Voluntary

Dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), stating that Zhang had elected not to

continue as a putative class representative and has retained new counsel to represent him individually.

Docket Report No. 32. On June 26, 2007 this Court dismissed the claims of Alia Ahmadi, Zhong Fu,

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Abdul Ghafoor, Miao Ling Huang, Sana Jalili, Yan Want, and Yan Yin without prejudice. Docket No.

34. On July 2, 2007 the remaining plaintiffs filed a new action: Ahmadi v. Chertoff, 07-3455-WHA .

Zhang has not filed an opposition to the motion to dismiss, currently scheduled for hearing on

July 31, 2007. Neither Zhang nor his new counsel, Alexandre Lebecki, have returned calls from Zhang’s

former counsel regarding permission to forward information, or a stipulation to dismiss the remaining

plaintiffs. Sin Yen Ling Decl. ¶ 6. Additionally, this Court’s Courtroom Deputy has made several

attempts to contact Lebecki by phone, however, Lebecki has not responded to the calls. 

Given that this Court's Standing Order states that “the failure of the opposing party to file a

memorandum of points and authorities in opposition to any motion shall constitute a consent to the

granting of the motion,” the Court may summarily grant the motion. However, in the interest of

providing Zhang with one last chance to prevent his case from being dismissed, IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED that the hearing on the motion to dismiss scheduled for July 31, 2007 is VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:

(1) Plaintiff and/or Plaintiff’s counsel of record shall appear in Courtroom 3 of the

United States Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California, on July 31,

2007, at 1:00 P.M., to show cause why the above-captioned case should not be

dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute.

(2) At least five days prior to the above hearing, Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s counsel of

record must file a Certificate of Counsel with the Clerk of the Court, to explain

why the case should or should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. The

Certificate shall set forth the nature of the case, its present status, the reason it

has not been brought to trial or otherwise terminated, any basis for opposition to

dismissal by any party, and its expected course if not dismissed. 

(3) Please take notice that this Order requires both the specified court appearance

and the filing of the Certificate of Counsel. Failure to fully comply with this

order will be deemed sufficient grounds to dismiss the action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

July 23, 2007 _________________________________

Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZHANG et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

GONZALEZ et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-00503 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District Court,

Northern District of California.

That on July 23, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said copy(ies)

in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in

the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's

office.

Alexandre Nicholas Lebecki

Law Office of Alexandre Lebecki

11693 San Vicente Blvd #417

Los Angeles, CA 90049

Dated: July 23, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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