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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAID MIRWAIS IBRAHIMI,

 Petitioner,

 v.

DAVID N. STILL, District Director, San

Francisco District, Bureau of Citizenship and

Immigration Services, U.S. Dept. of Homeland

Security; EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director,

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services,

U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security; MICHAEL

CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of Homeland

Security; ALBERTO GONZALEZ, U.S.

Attorney General,

Respondents. /

No. C06-05968 MJJ

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

REQUEST FOR A DE NOVO HEARING

ON HIS NATURALIZATION

APPLICATION AND GRANTING

RESPONDENTS’ REQUEST FOR AN

ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS FOR UNITED

STATES CITIZENSHIP AND

IMMIGRATION SERVICES (USCIS) TO

ADJUDICATE PETITIONER’S

NATURALIZATION APPLICATION

Before the Court is Petitioner Said Mirwais Ibrahimi’s (“Petitioner” or “Ibrahimi”)

Request for a De Novo Hearing on his Naturalization Application following Remand to United

States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). (Docket No. 21.) Respondents have asked

this Court to provide the USCIS with an additional 60-day period of time to issue a decision on

Petitioner’s naturalization application. (Docket No. 20.) The Court DENIES Petitioner’s Request

for a De Novo Hearing and GRANTS Respondents’ Request for an Additional 60 Days to

Adjudicate Petitioner’s Naturalization Application. 

Pursuant to this Court’s Order on March 20, 2007, granting in part Respondents’ motion to 

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remand to the USCIS, the parties filed status reports on Petitioner’s Naturalization Application on

August 31, 2007. Respondents reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) completed a

name check of the petitioner on August 27, 2007. (Declaration of Michael Cannon ¶ 39.) USCIS

received the FBI name check result on August 29, 2007, two days prior to the deadline set by the

Court for adjudicating Petitioner’s naturalization application. (Respondents’ Status Report ¶¶ 9-10.) 

As a result, Respondents state that the USCIS is unable to evaluate the FBI name check response and

thus adjudicate Petitioner’s naturalization application by the deadline set by the Court. 

(Respondents’ Status Report ¶ 10.) However, Respondents represent that, with the FBI name check

now complete, the USCIS will be able to adjudicate the application within 60 days. (Id.)

Based on these representations, the Court finds it appropriate to maintain its conditional

remand of this matter to the UCSIS and provide the UCSIS examiner until October 31, 2007, to

grant or deny Petitioner’s application. The Court reserves jurisdiction and will exercise its

jurisdiction to resolve Petitioner’s application in the first instance if Petitioner’s application has not

been ruled on by that date. The parties shall file a joint status statement notifying the Court of

whether the application has been adjudicated no later than October 31, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 28, 2007 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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