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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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CECILLIA D. WANG (CSB #187782) 

LUCAS GUTTENTAG (CSB #90208) 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

 FOUNDATION 

IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 343-0775 

Facsimile: (415) 395-0950 

Email: CWang@aclu.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Petitioners

*Additional counsel listed on following page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ALIA AHMADI, MIAO LING HUANG, 

YAN WANG, FU ZHONG, 

Plaintiffs-Petitioners, 

v. 

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of 

Homeland Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER 

III, Director of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation; ALBERTO GONZALES, 

Attorney General of the United States; 

EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of 

Citizenship and Immigration Services; DAVID 

STILL, District Director, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, San Francisco District,

 Defendants-Respondents. 

Case No. 07-CV-3455-WHA 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF 

CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING 

HUANG AND FU ZHONG 

STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG AND FU ZHONG CASE NO. 07-CV-3455-WHA

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Additional counsel:

JULIA HARUMI MASS (CSB #189649) 

ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (CSB #49957) 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

 FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 

SIN YEN LING* 

JOREN LYONS (CSB #203403) 

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 

939 Market Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 896-1701 

Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 

*Application for admission pro hac vice forthcoming 

Of counsel:

TODD GALLINGER (CSB #238666) 

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS 

 (CAIR) – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 

Santa Clara, CA 95054 

Telephone: (408) 986-9874 

Facsimile: (408) 986-9875 

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. On July 2, 2007, plaintiffs Alia Ahmadi, Miao Ling Huang, Yan Wang and Fu 

Zhong filed the instant action, seeking their naturalization by the Court pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 

1447(b) and declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of 

persons suffering from delays in the naturalization process. 

2. Prior to the filing of the complaint on July 2, 2007, but unbeknownst to plaintiffs’ 

counsel, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency had adjudicated the 

naturalization applications of plaintiffs Huang and Zhong, and issued notices of naturalization 

oath ceremony. 

3. Plaintiffs Huang and Zhong took the oath of citizenship on July 24, 2007, and are 

now U.S. citizens. 

4. The claims of plaintiffs Huang and Zhong should therefore be dismissed. 

5. Defendants stipulate and agree, in settlement of the claims of plaintiffs Huang and 

Zhong, that the oaths of naturalization taken by plaintiffs Huang and Zhong are valid and 

effective. 

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Dated: August 10, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

CECILLIA D. WANG 

LUCAS GUTTENTAG 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

 FOUNDATION 

IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

JULIA HARUMI MASS 

ALAN L. SCHLOSSER

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

 FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

 CALIFORNIA 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

SIN YEN LING 

JOREN LYONS 

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 

939 Market Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 896-1701 

Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 

TODD GALLINGER 

Of Counsel 

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC 

 RELATIONS (CAIR) – SAN 

FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 

Santa Clara, CA 95054 

Telephone: (408) 986-9874 

Facsimile: (408) 986-9875 

By: _______/s/________________________ 

CECILLIA D. WANG 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Petitioners

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Dated: August 10, 2007 SCOTT N. SCHOOLS 

United States Attorney 

JOANN W. SWANSON 

Chief, Civil Division 

EDWARD A. OLSEN 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

PETER D. KEISLER 

United States Department of Justice 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

ELIZABETH J. STEVENS 

Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of 

Immigration Litigation 

JEFFREY S. ROBINS 

Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration 

Litigation 

P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

By: _______/s/_________________________

JEFFREY S. ROBINS 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the claims 

of plaintiffs Miao Ling Huang and Fu Zhong are hereby DISMISSED pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), on the ground that they have taken valid oaths of 

naturalization and are U.S. citizens. 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August ___, 2007 

 ___________________________________ 

 HON. WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

October 2

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I, Cecillia D. Wang, declare as follows: 

 I hereby certify that today I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION OF 

DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG AND FU ZHONG with the 

Clerk of the Court using the ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the 

following email addresses: 

 Alan Lawrence Schlosser Via ECF

 American Civil Liberties Union at aschlosser@aclunc.org

 Foundation of Northern California 

Joren Lyons Via ECF

 Asian Law Caucus at joren@asianlawcaucus.org

Lucas Guttentag Via ECF 

American Civil Liberties Union at lguttentag@aclu.org Immigrants’ Rights Project 

Julia Harumi Mass Via ECF 

American Civil Liberties Union at jmass@aclunc.org Foundation of Northern California 

Edward A. Olsen Via ECF 

United States Attorney’s Office at edward.olsen@usdoj.gov

Elizabeth J. Stevens Via ECF 

United States Department of Justice at elizabeth.stevens@usdoj.gov

Jeffrey S. Robins Via ECF 

United States Department of Justice at jeffrey.robins@usdoj.gov

In addition, I hereby certify that on this 10th day of August 2007, true and correct copies 

of the STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG 

AND FU ZHONG were served by U.S. Mail on the following non-ECF filers: 

Sin Yen Ling Todd Gallinger 

Asian Law Caucus Council on American-Islamic Relations 

939 Market Street, Suite 201 3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 

San Francisco, CA 94103 Santa Clara, CA 95054 

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above 

is true and correct. 

Dated: August 10, 2007 

San Francisco, California 

 

_________/s/______________ 

 CECILLIA D. WANG 

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