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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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STIPULATION TO HOLD CASE IN ABEYANCE

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SCSBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Acting Chief, Civil Division

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6915

FAX: (415) 436-6927

Attorneys for Respondents

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RAJINDER PAL SINGH,

Petitioner,

v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary,

Department of Homeland Security;

NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office

Director, Immigration and Customs

Enforcement; and ALBERTO

GONZALES, Attorney General of the

United States,

Respondents.

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No. C 07-3943-MMC

STIPULATION TO HOLD CASE IN

ABEYANCE FOR 60 DAYS; TO STAY

PETITIONER’S REMOVAL FOR 60 DAYS;

AND TO WITHDRAW A CLAIM FROM

THE HABEAS PETITION; AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Petitioner, by and through his attorney of record, and respondents, by and through their

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to approval to the Court, to the hold the aboveentitled action in abeyance for 60 days, in light of the parties’ reasonable expectation that the

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will file an opinion in Amarjeet Singh v.

Chertoff, Appeal No. 05-16005, within the next 60 days. In Amarjeet Singh, the Ninth Circuit may

determine whether, and under what circumstances, a district court retains habeas jurisdiction over

habeas petitions alleging (as here) that an alien received ineffective assistance of counsel in

connection with his or her removal proceeding. The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in

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Amarjeet Singh on February 12, 2007. Prior to the expiration of the 60-day period, the parties will

submit a status report and a stipulated briefing schedule.

During this 60-day period, the respondents agree not to remove the petitioner from the United

States.

The parties further stipulate that the petitioner withdraws the claim in his habeas petition that

his detention by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is in violation of

his due process rights and his rights under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)(C), 8 C.F.R. § 241.4(d)(1) and

(f), in light of the fact that ICE has agreed to release the petitioner under an order of supervision if

the petitioner provides ICE with a copy of a valid passport and posts a $25,000 bond. 

Date: August 16, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

/s/

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Respondents

Date: August 16, 2007 /s/

JAMES TODD BENNETT, Esq.

Attorney for Petitioner

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date:

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

August 20, 2007

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