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Nature of Suit Code: 462
Nature of Suit: Naturalization, Petition For Hearing of Denial
Cause of Action: 08:1329 Writ of Mandamus to Adjudicate Visa Petition

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Case No. C 07-6339 JF (PVT)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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**E-Filed 01/08/08**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Yuan Hua Guo,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security, et al., 

 Defendants.

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On December 13, 2007, Plaintiff Yuan Hua Guo (“Guo”) filed the instant “Complaint

For Writ in the Nature of Mandamus & Declaratory Judgment.” Guo asserts that Defendants

have failed to process his I-485 Application to Adjust to Permanent Resident Status

(“application”) in a timely manner. 

Guo alleges the following facts: he is a citizen of Australia. Guo currently resides in

Saratoga, California. On March 7, 2005, Guo and his wife, represented by attorney James Cai, 

filed a joint application with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). 

Guo and his wife were interviewed by USCIS on June 16, 2005. Guo has supplied the USCIS

with the documents necessary to establish he and his wife’s eligibility for Permanent Resident

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Status and has exhausted his administrative remedies. More than two years has passed since

Guo’s attorney filed the application and it has yet to be adjudicated. The delay in the processing

of the application has resulted in various hardships for Guo and his wife, including, but not

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

naturalized United States citizens. 

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

the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C § 701 et. seq. Guo requests that the Court require

Defendants to properly adjudicate and approve he and his wife’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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 7, 2008

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JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Copies of Order served on the following persons:

James Cai

Schein & Cai LLP

100 Century Center Court, Suite 315

San Jose, California 95112

Office of the United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, CA 95113

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