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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINT AND SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEYS’

FEES AND COSTS UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

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Marc Van Der Hout, California Bar No. 80778 

Stacey L. Gartland, California Bar No.184694

Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP

180 Sutter Street, Fifth Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 981-3000

Facsimile: (415) 981-3003

Email: ndca@vblaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Melissa Leibman, NYSBN 4442877

Office of Immigration Litigation

District Court Section, US DOJ

450 5th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Telephone: (202) 305-7016

Facsimile: (202) 305-7000

Email: Melissa.Leibman@usdoj.gov

Attorney for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO

Shia Association of Bay Area, Inc .et al,

.

Plaintiffs,

v.

United States of America, et al,

Defendants.

No. 11-01369 SC

JOINT STIPULATION 

REGARDING DISMISSAL OF

COMPLAINT AND SETTLEMENT 

OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND 

COSTS UNDER THE EQUAL 

ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

 Date: N/A

 Time: N/A

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JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING DISMISSAL OF COMPLAINT AND 

SETTLEMENT OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS 

TO JUSTICE ACT

The Parties to this action, Plaintiffs: Shia Association of Bay Area, Inc., Nabi Raza MIR, 

Syeda Gulshan ZAHERA, A.R.M1., A.R.M2., A.R.M3., A.R.M4., and A.R.M5; and Defendants: 

United States of America, Janet NAPOLITANO, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; 

Alejandro MAYORKAS, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(“USCIS”); Rosemary Langley MELVILLE, Director of the USCIS California Service Center;

Eric HOLDER, Attorney General, Department of Justice; Carol KELLER, Field Office Director, 

San Jose, California, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Hillary CLINTON, 

Secretary of State; Perry, RHEW, Director of the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office; David 

V. AGUILAR, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, hereby stipulate as 

follows:

1. The Court shall dismiss with prejudice all of Plaintiffs’ claims, including their Motion 

under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d), except that the 

Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the attached Settlement Agreement

(Exhibit A), which the parties have entered into to resolve, inter alia, the issues remaining 

in this case.

2. Prior to filing any action to enforce the terms of this Agreement, however, the parties agree 

to negotiate in good faith for a period of fourteen (14) days to resolve any dispute they may 

have over whether the terms of the Agreement have been complied with and may extend 

that fourteen (14) day period by agreement of the parties in order to obtain resolution of the 

dispute. The fourteen (14) day period does not commence until either party notifies the 

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other through written communication by and to counsel for the parties via email or 

facsimile. Any motion for attorneys’ fees and costs to enforce the terms of this Agreement 

shall be subject to a new motion for such fees and costs and subject to the terms and 

standards set forth under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 

The parties agree that the failure to comply with the deadlines in the settlement agreement 

due to “unforeseeable circumstances” does not constitute a violation of the settlement 

agreement. “Unforeseeable circumstances” include, but are not limited to, war, invasion, 

hostilities, virulent contagious disease outbreaks requiring quarantine, natural disasters, 

local fires, or other similar events that affect the ability of either party to comply with the 

settlement agreement deadlines. 

Dated: December 20, 2012 Respectfully submitted,

/s/

Marc Van Der Hout

Stacey Gartland

Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

/s/___________________________

Dated: December 20, 2012 Melissa Leibman

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Civil Division

Office of Immigration Litigation

District Court Section 

Attorney for Defendants

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _________________ 

Hon. Samuel Conti

United States District Judge

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