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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 8:1446 Petition for Naturalization Hearing

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

AUDREY B. HEMESATH

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2729

Email: Audrey.Hemesath@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM DOUANDJU,

Plaintiff,

v.

JONATHAN CRAWFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-1493 EPG

STATUS REPORT; ORDER

(ECF No. 28)

This is an immigration case currently held in abeyance pursuant to the Court’s order of 

December 9, 2015. ECF No. 27. The government now advises the Immigration Judge 

terminated removal proceedings against Plaintiff William Douandju on April 28, 2016. United 

States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has requested return of the alien file from 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and upon review of the file, anticipates requesting this 

Court for an order of remand pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b), so that the agency can proceed with 

the adjudication of Plaintiff’s naturalization application. USCIS requests a brief extension, until 

July 11, 2016, to review the file and assess the amount of time needed to complete adjudication 

of the naturalization application. On that date, USCIS will either file a motion for a remand 

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pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) with a timeframe certain for adjudication, or a further status 

report. 

Dated: June 8, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Audrey B. Hemesath

AUDREY B. HEMESATH

Assistant U.S. Attorney

ORDER

Defendants are directed to file either a motion for remand pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) 

or a status report no later than July 11, 2016. In either such filing, Defendants shall indicate the 

anticipated timeframe for adjudication of the naturalization application.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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