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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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Mot. For Voluntary Dismissal No. C 05-02723

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Marc Van Der Hout (California Bar # 80778) 

Zachary Nightingale (California Bar #184501) 

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 Petitioner 

Deep Kumar VOHRA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

Deep Kumar VOHRA 

 Petitioner, 

 v. 

David STILL, in his Official Capacity, District 

Director, United States Department of Homeland 

Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 

Services, San Francisco, California; 

Michael CHERTOFF, in his Official Capacity, 

Secretary, United States Department of Homeland 

Security 

 

Respondents.

No. C 05-02723 SBA 

 _________ 

STIPULATED MOTION FOR 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND 

ORDER 
Mot. For Voluntary Dismissal 1 No. C 05-02723

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On July 1, 2005, Petitioner filed a Petition for Review pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b), 

Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) § 336(b), seeking de novo judicial review of his 

application for naturalization, requesting that the Court grant his application for naturalization or, 

alternatively, order that a hearing take place in this matter, as Petitioner’s application remained 

unadjudicated more than 120 days after the date of the naturalization examination. 

Counsel for Respondents is informed that the United States Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (“CIS”) is prepared to adjudicate Petitioner’s naturalization application within 30 days 

of the dismissal of this action. Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. 

Hovsepian, 359 F.3d 1144 (9th Cir. 2004), the CIS loses jurisdiction to adjudicate the 

naturalization application of an alien who has a petition for de novo review of that application 

pending before the District Court. Hovsepian, 359 F. 3d at 1162-1163; see also Bellajaro v. 

Schiltgen, 378 F.3d 1042, 1046 (9th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, the parties hereby request that this 

Court dismiss the pending petition to allow the CIS to adjudicate Petitioner’s application for 

naturalization within 30 days of the dismissal, as Petitioner’s application has been pending for 

approximately eighteen months since the date of his naturalization interview. The parties request 

the dismissal occur without prejudice to allow the Petitioner to file a new petition should the CIS 

again fail to timely adjudicate the application or should the application be denied. 

Each of the parties shall bear their own costs and fees. 

Dated: September 15, 2005 Respectfully submitted, 

 ______/s/__________________

 Marc Van Der Hout

 Zachary Nightingale

Attorneys for Petitioner 
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 ________/s/_________________ 

 Edward Olsen

 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorney for Respondents 

I declare under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from Edward Olsen. 

 

 ________/s/______________ 

Dated: September 15, 2005 Marc Van Der Hout 

 

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED 

 Hon. Saundra Armstrong 

 United States District Judge 

Dated: 9-19-05 _______________________________