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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO, CSBN 44332

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Chief, Civil Division

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150

Assistant United States Attorney

1301 Clay Street, Suite 340S

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 637-3697

FAX: (510) 637-3724

Attorneys for Respondents

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AMALIA HERNANDEZ PERALES, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary, )

Department of Homeland Security; )

TIMOTHY AIKEN, Field Office Director, )

Immigration and Customs Enforcement; )

and ERIC HOLDER, JR., Attorney General )

of the United States, )

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Respondents. )

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No. C 09-6028 SI

STIPULATION TO HOLD CASE IN

ABEYANCE; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Petitioner, by and through her attorney of record, and Respondents, by and through their

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to approval of the Court, to hold this case in abeyance

for six months in light of the following:

(1) The petitioner filed a habeas petition on December 24, 2009, alleging that she received

ineffective assistance of counsel from two of her former attorneys following the issuance of two

orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).

(2) A primary issue in this case is whether this Court should require the petitioner to exhaust

her administrative remedies by presenting her ineffective assistance of counsel claims to the BIA

via the filing a motion to reopen.

(3) In Rajinder Singh v. Napolitano, Appeal No. 07-16988, the parties expect the United

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States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to resolve the issue of whether a district court may

properly require exhaustion of administrative remedies in cases where, as here, the alleged

ineffective assistance of counsel occurred after the entry of the alien’s final removal order and

where, as here, the petitioner seeks only re-issuance of the BIA’s order or orders.

(4) The Ninth Circuit held oral argument in Rajinder Singh on January 13, 2009, but has not

yet issued an opinion. On August 11, 2009, the Ninth Circuit issued the following order on

August 11, 2009:

The case is remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals for the limited purpose

of ruling upon whether the Board had jurisdiction to hear Singh’s ineffective

assistance of counsel claims and what effect, if any, the Attorney General’s recent

opinion in In re Compean, 25 I & N Dec. 1, 3 (A.G. 2009), has on this case. The

Board shall advise the court of any action or decision.

Singh v. Napolitano, 577 F.3d 988 (9 Cir. 2009) (Order). th

(5) The BIA has asked the parties in the Rajinder Singh case to file briefs on the issue that has

been remanded to it by the Ninth Circuit and those briefs are due on January 27, 2010.

(6) The parties believe it would be prudent to await the BIA’s response to the Ninth Circuit’s

Order and the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Rajinder Singh before filing any further briefing in the

above-entitled matter and, accordingly, ask this Court to hold this case in abeyance for a period of

six months.

Date: January 19, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

/s/

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Respondents

Date: January 19, 2010 /s/

JAMES TODD BENNETT

Attorney for Petitioner

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that:

(1) This case will be held in abeyance of period of six months.

(2) If and when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issues a decision

in Rajinder Singh v. Napolitano, Appeal No. 07-16988, the parties shall promptly notify the

Court;

(3) The parties shall submit a status report on June 18, 2010.

Dated: ______________, 2010 _____________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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