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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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STIPULATION RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION 

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CECILLIA D. WANG (CA Bar No. 187782) 

LUCAS GUTTENTAG (CA Bar No. 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 

*Additional counsel listed on following page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

ALIA AHMADI, VLADIMIR MIKULICIC, 

IGOR OVCHINNIKOV, BILJANA 

PETROVIC, SERGEI SAPOZHNIKOV, 

EIMAN TAKY and YAN WANG, 

Plaintiffs-Petitioners, 

v. 

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of

Homeland Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER 

III, Director of the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation; PETER KEISLER, Acting

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 TO TAKE CLASS

CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF

CALENDAR 

Date: November 8, 2007 

Time: 8:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 9 

Judge: Hon. William H. Alsup 

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Additional Plaintiffs’ counsel:

JULIA HARUMI MASS (CA Bar No. 189649) 

ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (CA Bar No. 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 (CA Bar No. 203403) 

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS

939 Market Street, Suite 201 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 896-1701 

Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 

TODD GALLINGER (CA Bar No. 238666), 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 

Counsel for Defendants:

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC Bar No. 9990) 

United States Attorney

JOANN W. SWANSON (CA Bar No. 88143) 

Chief, Civil Division 

EDWARD A. OLSEN (CA Bar No. 214150) 

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 436-6915 

Facsimile: (415) 436-6927 

PETER D. KEISLER 

United States Department of Justice

Acting Attorney General

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 

Telephone: (202) 616-1246 

Facsimile: (202) 307-8801

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STIPULATION RE: CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION 

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

The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. On September 5, 2007, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking certification of a class with 

respect to the second, third and fourth causes of action in the above-referenced matter. 

2. On August 31, 2007, defendants filed a motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs’ claims. 

3. On September 19, 2007, the Court scheduled briefing and hearing for plaintiffs’ class 

certification motion as follows: defendants’ opposition brief due October 18, 2007; plaintiffs’ 

reply brief due October 25, 2007, and hearing on the Motion November 8, 2007. 

4. By order dated October 15, 2007, the Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss as to 

plaintiffs’ second, third, and fourth causes of action. 

5. Because the claims for which plaintiffs’ class certification motion was filed have been 

dismissed, the parties agree and stipulate that said motion should be taken off calendar. This 

stipulation is made without prejudice to plaintiffs’ ability to seek hearing on the motion or any

amended motion for class certification at any later stage of this litigation and without prejudice 

to defendants’ ability to raise any objections to class certification at any appropriate time. 

 

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Dated: October 17, 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 

TODD GALLINGER 

Of Counsel 

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC

RELATIONS (CAIR) – SAN

FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 

Santa Clara, CA 95054 

By: _______/s/_________________________

JULIA HARUMI MASS

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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Dated: October 17, 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

Acting Attorney General

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/_________________________

ELIZABETH J. STEVENS 

Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion 

for class certification currently set for hearing on November 8, 2007 is taken off calendar. This 

order is made without prejudice to plaintiffs’ ability to seek hearing on the motion or any 

amended motion for class certification at any later stage of this litigation and without prejudice 

to defendants’ ability to raise any objections to class certification at any appropriate time. 

 SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October ____, 2007 

 _______________________________________ 

 HON. WILLIAM H. ALSUP 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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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, Julia Harumi Mass, declare as follows: 

 I hereby certify that today I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION TO TAKE 

CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF CALENDAR 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 17th day of October 2007, true and correct copies 

of the STIPULATION TO TAKE CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF CALENDAR 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 

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

is true and correct. 

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Dated: October 17, 2007 

San Francisco, California 

 

_________/s/______________ 

 JULIA HARUMI MASS 

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