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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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Marc Van Der Hout, CA SBN # 80778 

Stacy Tolchin, CA SBN # 217431 

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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

A.M. Rashed CHOWDHURY, 

Mumtaz CHOWDHURY, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

Frank SICILIANO, his Official Capacity, Officer in 

Charge, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

United States Department of Homeland Security, San 

Jose, California; David STILL, in his Official 

Capacity, District Director, U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, United States Department of 

Homeland Security, San Francisco, California; 

Christina POULOS, in her Official Capacity, Acting 

Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

California Service Center, United States Department of

Homeland Security; Michael CHERTOFF, in his 

Official Capacity, Secretary, United States Department 

of Homeland Security; and Alberto R. GONZALES, in 

his Official Capacity, Attorney General, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 06-07132 JW 

PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF 

WITHDRAWAL OF 

MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION 

Immigration Case, Administrative 

Procedure Act Case

Agency No.:A75 246 305 

A75 246 306 

 

Date: January 8, 2007 

Time: 9:00 a.m.

 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

GRANTED

Judge James Ware

Case 5:06-cv-07132-JW Document 17 Filed 01/03/07 Page 1 of 3
Withdrawal of Motion for Preliminary Injunction No. 06-07132 JW

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Plaintiffs filed a petition for writ of mandamus and complaint for declaratory and injunctive 

relief on November 17, 2006. On that same date, Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary 

injunction, requesting that Defendants issue employment authorization documents (“EAD”) to 

Plaintiffs, pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 274a.13, on or before December 8, 2006. In addition, on that 

same date, the Court issued a scheduling order setting initial discovery deadlines and an initial 

case management conference on March 5, 2007. 

On November 28, 2006, the parties filed a stipulation with the Court notifying the Court 

that Plaintiffs’ EAD application had been approved but that the actual EAD cards had not been 

issued. Plaintiffs had contacted Plaintiff Rashed Chowdhury’s employer Wells Fargo but had not 

received verification that Wells Fargo would allow Plaintiff Rashed Chowdhury to return to work 

without the EAD card. The parties therefore stipulated that if Wells Fargo agreed to take Plaintiff 

Rashed Chowdhury back by December 1, 2006, Plaintiffs would request that the December 4, 

2006 hearing date be taken off calendar and that the parties be given an additional 30 days to 

determine whether the pending motion for preliminary injunction is still appropriate in this case. 

The Court signed that stipulation on November 29, 2006. 

The parties received notice on November 30, 2006 that Wells Fargo has agreed to permit 

Plaintiff Rashed Chowdhury to return to work. The parties stipulated to vacate the December 4, 

2006 hearing on the preliminary injunction and agreed to inform the Court by January 2, 2007 as 

to whether the pending motion for preliminary injunction is still appropriate in this case. 

Plaintiffs now withdraw their motion for preliminary injunction having received all of the 

relief which they sought in that November 17, 2006 motion. Plaintiffs therefore wish to proceed 

with the previously established schedule as set by the Court’s November 17, 2006 scheduling 

order. 

 

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Dated: January 2, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

Marc Van Der Hout, CA SBN # 80778 

Stacy Tolchin, CA SBN # 217431 

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

By:______/s/______________ 

 Marc Van Der Hout 

 

 

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