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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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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

OAKLAND DIVISION 

YINAN ZHANG, ALIA AHMEDI, ZHONG 

FU, ABDUL GHAFOOR, MIAO LING 

HUANG, SANA JALILI, YAN WANG, YAN 

YIN, 

Plaintiffs-Petitioners, 

v. 

DAVID STILL, District Director, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, San 

Francisco District; EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, 

Director, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security, Bureau of Citizenship and 

Immigration Services; MICHAEL

CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of Homeland 

Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER III, Director 

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

ALBERTO GONZALES, Attorney General of 

the United States,

 Defendants-Respondents. 

Case No. 07-CV-0503-SBA 

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 41(a)(1) 

AND PROPOSED ORDER 

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL AND PROPOSED ORDER 

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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 

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 

DAVID KLINE 

Principal Deputy Director, Office of Immigration Litigation 

ELIZABETH J. STEVENS 

Trial Attorney, 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) 233-0397 

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiffs ALIA AHMADI, ZHONG FU, ABDUL 

GHAFOOR, MIAO LING HUANG, SANA JALILI, YAN WANG, and YAN YIN 

hereby voluntarily dismiss their claims in the above-captioned action without prejudice. 

On January 24, 2007, Plaintiff YINAN ZHANG commenced this action by filing 

a Petition for Hearing on Naturalization Application under 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). On 

February 8, 2007, the Plaintiffs other than Mr. Zhang – ALIA AHMADI, ZHONG FU, 

ABDUL GHAFOOR, MIAO LING HUANG, SANA JALILI, YAN WANG, and YAN 

YIN (collectively, “the Class Plaintiffs”) – joined the action filed by Mr. Zhang and all 

Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and 

Petition for Naturalization Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). 

By mutual agreement of the Plaintiffs, Plaintiff YINAN ZHANG has now elected 

not to continue as a putative class representative in this action and has retained new 

counsel to represent him individually. The Class Plaintiffs wish to continue litigation as 

a putative class with current counsel, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, ACLU 

Foundation of Northern California, Asian Law Caucus, and Coalition on AmericanIslamic Relations-San Francisco Bay Area (of counsel). Toward that end, the Class 

Plaintiffs dismiss their claims in the instant action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41(a)(1) with the intention of re-filing a new class action complaint. 

Voluntary dismissal without prejudice is permitted “at any time before service by 

the adverse party of an answer or of a motion for summary judgment, whichever first 

occurs.” Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 41(a)(1)(i). Here, voluntary dismissal is appropriate because 

defendants have not filed an answer or a motion for summary judgment. Moreover, 

defendants do not oppose this dismissal and concur with Class Plaintiffs’ plan to re-file a 

new class action complaint and give notice of its relation to the above-captioned case. 

Finally, the Class Plaintiffs have not previously dismissed any action relating to 

the claims raised in the instant action. Therefore, this dismissal is made without 

prejudice to re-filing a new complaint and is not an adjudication on the merits. 

Fed.R.Civ.Proc. 41(a)(1). 

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Dated: June 12, 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 ALIA AHMADI, 

ZHONG FU, ABDUL GHAFOOR, MIAO 

LING HUANG, SANA JALILI, YAN 

WANG, and YAN YIN 

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ORDER 

The claims of Plaintiffs Alia Ahmadi, Zhong Fu, Abdul Ghafoor, Miao Ling 

Huang, Sana Jalili, Yan Wang, and Yan Yin (collectively, the “Class Plaintiffs”), are 

dismissed without prejudice to re-filing of their claims in a separate action, pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). Dismissal of the claims of the “Class 

Plaintiffs” shall not be deemed an adjudication on the merits. 

 SO ORDERED.

Dated: June ____, 2007 

 _______________________________________ 

 HON. SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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