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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 8:287 Petition to Enforce INS Subpoena

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

MARIANNE A. PANSA

Assistant United States Attorney

Federal Building, Room 3654

1130 O Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Howard Hamilton, ) CIV-F-05-CV-01129-OWW-DLB

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Petitioner. ) JOINT STIPULATION 

) TO DISMISS WITHOUT

) PREJUDICE 

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Department of Justice, et al., )

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Defendants. )

__________________________________________)

Plaintiff, Howard Hamilton, and Defendants, by and through their attorney of record,

Marianne A. Pansa, hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of the court, to dismissal of the

action without prejudice, if the Defendants have not adjudicated Plaintiff’s application for

naturalization, by January 31, 2006. See United States v. Hovespian, 359 F. 3d 1144, 1159-64

(2004) (en banc) (concluding that 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) grants exclusive jurisdiction in the federal

counts in the situation, as here, where the agency did not decide a naturalization application 120

days after the agency examined the applicant and the applicant thereafter applied to federal court

for a hearing.). Defendants have the necessary information needed to adjudicate the plaintiff’s

application and it is anticipated that he will be naturalized by January 31, 2006. 

The Plaintiff also requests that Docket # 1 and Docket # 2 in this civil action be put under

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seal pursuant to Local Rule 39-141. Good cause exists, due to the fact that the cited documents

contain confidential and private information such as Plaintiff's Social Security Number and date

of birth. If the above information is not put under seal, it will cause permanent and irreparable

harm and injury to the plaintiff if the said records stay public and therefore subject him to

possible identity theft. Further Defendants will not be prejudiced due to the fact that said records

are held confidential under seal. The defendants do not oppose this request.

Each of the parties shall bear their own costs and fees. 

Dated: December 22, 2005 Respectfully Submitted,

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Marianne A. Pansa

Marianne A. Pansa

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for the Defendants

By: /s/ Howard Hamilton (consent given to sign)

Howard Hamilton

Pro se

Pursuant to this Joint Motion for Dismissal Without Prejudice, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED.

Date : _12/22/05 /s/Oliver W. Wanger

Oliver W. Wanger

United States District Court Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 22th day of December, 2005, one copy of the JOINT

STIPULATION TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, was served on petitioner by a copy

be placed in the interoffice delivery receptacle located in the Clerk’s Office on the U.S. District

Court in Fresno, California addressed to:

Howard Hamilton

P.O. Box 1262

Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1262

/s/ Mary Goosby

Mary Goosby

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