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Parties Involved:
Robin Barrett
Defendant
Jeh Johnson
Defendant
Kulwant Kaur
Plaintiff
Loretta Lynch
Defendant
Leon Rodriguez
Defendant
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Defendant
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO REMAND 

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

Acting United States Attorney 

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348) 

Chief, Civil Division 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-6885 

FAX: (415) 436-6748 

Alex.Tse@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

KULWANT KAUR, 

 Plaintiff, 

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ROBIN BARRETT, Field Office Director, 

USCIS San Francisco; LEON RODRIGUEZ, 

Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services; JEH JOHNSON, Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security LORETTA 

LYNCH, U.S. Attorney General, 

 Defendants. 

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C 16-00761 KAW 

STIPULATION REMANDING CASE TO 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 

IMMIGRATION SERVICES, PURSUANT TO 8 

U.S.C. § 1447(b) and [PROPOSED] ORDER 

 1. Plaintiff commenced an action pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b), requesting this Court to 

adjudicate her application for naturalization that was pending before the United States Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (“USCIS” or “the agency”) for more than 120 days after Plaintiff had been 

interviewed. 

2. USCIS is now prepared to resolve this matter by adjudicating Plaintiff’s application for 

naturalization. However, USCIS cannot adjudicate the application unless and until the Court remands 

the matter to the agency. See 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) (explaining that the district court “may remand [a 

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Section 1447(b) case], with appropriate instructions, to the [USCIS]”); United States v. Hovsepian, 359 

F.3d 1144, 1160 (9th Cir. 2004) (accord). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that: 

1. The Court shall remand this case to USCIS, directing the agency to take any and all 

necessary actions, and issue a decision on Plaintiff’s application for naturalization within 30 days of the 

remand order. 

2. If USCIS does not issue a decision on Plaintiff’s application for naturalization within the 

time frame set forth in paragraph 1 above, Defendants will not oppose any request by Plaintiff to this 

Court to vacate the remand order and thereby re-assert jurisdiction over Plaintiff’s action pursuant to 8 

U.S.C. § 1447(b). Each party will bear their own costs and attorney fees. 

Date: March 18, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

Acting United States Attorney 

 

 _______/s/_Alex G. Tse__________ 

 ALEX G. TSE 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: March 18, 2016 /s/ Sarah B. Castello 

SARAH B. CASTELLO 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 

 ___________________________ KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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