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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

AUDREY B. HEMESATH 

Assistant Uuited States Attomcy 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, California 958 14 

Telephone: (916) 554-2729 

Attorneys for Respondents 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MOHAMED MUTLAQ NAGI, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Michael Chertoff, et al. 

Defendants. 

CV 06-F-185 OWW SMS 

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1 DEPENDANTS' MOTION TO 

) ACCEPT LATE FILING OF 

1 ANSWER AND (PROPOSED1 

1 ORDER 

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This Court has previously granted Defendants one extension of time in which to file an 

answer to the complaint. That extended deadline was June 7,2006. For the reasons stated in the 

attached declaration of counsel, Defendants are requestingpermission to file their answer eight days 

late, on June 15, 2006. The undersigned sincerely apologizes for the delay. 

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Datcd: June 15,2006 Respectfully Submitted, 

McCREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

By: lsIAudrey Hemesath 

Audrey B. Hemesath 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for the Defendants 

ORDER 

Pursuant to this Motion to Accept Late Filing of Answer and for the reasons stated therein, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants' Answer is accepted as filed on June 15,2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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DECLARATION 

I, Audrey B. Hemesath, declare and state as follows: 

i. I am Assistant United States Attorney and am assigned 

responsibility for litigation in the case Naqi v. Chertoff, 

06-F-185. 

ii. The government first requested an extension of time in which 

to file the government's answer in this case on April 27, 

2006; that extension motion was granted and the government's 

deadline for filing its answer was June 7, 2006. 

iii. Following the April 27, 2005 extension request, I continued to 

correspond with Area Counsel for Citizenship and Immigration 

Services. Area Counsel indicated that consultation with 

Citizenship and Immigration Headquarters would be necessary. 

iv. While this consultation was underway, my local agency point of 

contact accepted and departed for a one-year detail to 

Washington, and communication temporarily ceased on the case. 

v. When replacement counsel began his term in local Area 

Counsel's office, I mistakenly failed to include this case on 

the list of pending naturalization cases in our district. The 

oversight was entirely my own and was the cause of the 

government's failure to meet the June 7, 2006 deadline. I am 

in the process of taking steps to ensure that such an 

oversight does not occur again, including requesting that my 

legal assistant confirm all of my pending briefing deadlines 

via PACER. 

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1 vi. On June 14, 2006, I was kindly informed by opposing counsel of 

2 the missed briefing deadline. I immediately consulted both 

3 with local agency counsel and with former local agency 

4 counsel, now located in Washington, D.C. We have prepared the 

5 attached Answer, which we respectfully request the Court 

6 accept for late filing. 

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8 I declare that the foregoing is true and correct under penalty 

9 of perjury and that the foregoing was executed in Sacramento, 

10 California on 15 June 2006. 

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/s/ Audrey Hemesath 

Audrey B. Hemesath 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Office of the U.S. Attorney 

Eastern District of California 

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