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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 8:1446 Petition for Naturalization Hearing

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Case No. C08-00345

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

(JFEX3)

**E-Filed 02/14/2008**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Kashif Shaikh, an individual, Qurrat-ul-Ain Kashif,

an individual

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

Michael Chertoff, as Secretary of the Department

of Homeland Security; Emilio Gonzales, Director

of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;

David Still, Field Director of the San Francisco

District of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services Center; Robert S. Mueller, Director of

Federal Bureau of Investigation; Michael Mukasey,

Attorney General Department of Justice

 Defendants.

Case Number C 08-00345 JF/HRL

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 1

[re: docket no. 1]

 On January 17, 2008, Plaintiffs Kashif Shaikh and Qurrat-ul-Ain Kashif ( “Plaintiffs”)

filed the instant “Complaint For Writ in the Nature of Mandamus & Declaratory Judgment.” 

Plaintiffs assert that Defendants have failed to process their I-485 Applications to Adjust Status

to Permanent Residence in a timely manner. 

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Case No. C08-00345

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

(JFEX3)

Plaintiffs allege the following facts: Plaintiffs reside in Santa Clara, California. On

August 16, 2006, Plaintiffs filed an employment-based I-485 Application to Adjust Status to

Permanent Residence and an I-485 for derivative adjustment (“applications”) with the United

States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). Plaintiffs have supplied the USCIS

with the documents necessary to establish their eligibility for Permanent Resident Status. 

Plaintiffs have exhausted all administrative remedies. More than one year has passed since

Plaintiffs filed their applications and they have yet to be adjudicated. The delay in the processing

of the application has allegedly resulted in various hardships for Plaintiffs, including their

inability to travel, work without restriction, or accrue time to be eligible for naturalization as

citizens of the United States. 

Plaintiffs assert that Defendants’ failure to adjudicate their applications is due to

Defendants’ unwillingness to complete in timely fashion a background check. Plaintiffs contend

that this delay violates 5 U.S.C. § 555 of the Administrative Procedures Act, which provides:

“With due regard for the convenience and necessity of the parties or their representatives and

within a reasonable time, each agency shall proceed to conclude a matter presented to it.”

(emphasis added). Plaintiffs request that the Court require Defendants to properly adjudicate and

approve their applications. Good cause therefore appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as

follows:

(1) The Clerk of the Court shall serve by certified mail a copy of the complaint and a

copy of this Order upon counsel for Defendants, the United States Attorney. The Clerk of

the Court shall also serve a copy of this Order upon Plaintiff. 

(2) Defendants shall, within sixty (60) days after receiving service of the complaint,

file and serve upon Plaintiffs an answer, showing cause why the relief prayed for should

not be granted. 

(3) Plaintiffs may file a response to the matters raised in the answer within twenty (20)

days after receiving the answer.

(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. 

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Case No. C08-00345

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

(JFEX3)

DATED: February 13, 2008

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C08-00345

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

(JFEX3)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Office of the United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, CA 95113

Todd Eric Gallinger 

Gill & Gallinger LLP

Two Park Plaza, Suite 760 

Irvine, CA 92614 

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