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Parties Involved:
R.E.M. International
Plaintiff
United States Citizenship and Immigration Service
Defendant
United States Department of Homeland Security
Defendant
United States Department of State
Defendant

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JOINT STATUS REPORT

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KEVIN V. RYAN, CSBN 118321

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6915

FAX: (415) 436-6927

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

R.E.M. International, a California

Partnership, appearing through its

Managing Partner, Peter V.G. Jefferson,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

STATE; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY; UNITED STATES

CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

SERVICES, 

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No. C 05-05081-WHA

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Date: December 7, 2006

Time: 11:00 a.m.

The parties to the above-entitled action hereby submit this joint status report.

(1) The plaintiff filed this action on December 8, 2005, seeking damages under the Federal

Tort Claims Act (FTCA), alleging the Department of State wrongfully recommended revocation of

a visa petition and that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services wrongfully

revoked its previously-granted visa petition.

(2) At the case management conference held on July 20, 2006, this Court stayed the action in

light of the fact that an appeal of a related case – R.E.M. Int’l v. Neufeld, C-04-1245-WHA (N.D.

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Cal) (granting the government’s motion for summary judgment in plaintiff’s action under the APA

challenging United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ decision to revoke approval of

plaintiff’s visa petition) – was pending at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

See R.E.M. Int’l v. Neufeld, 9 Cir. Appeal No. 04-17498. The Court scheduled a status th

conference for December 7, 2006.

(3) The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in R.E.M. Int’l v. Neufeld, 9 Cir. Appeal No. 04- th

17498, on November 14, 2006.

(4) In light of the fact that the Ninth Circuit has not yet issued its opinion in R.E.M. Int’l v.

Neufeld, 9 Cir. Appeal No. 04-17498, the parties respectfully ask this Court to continue the date th

of the status conference, which is currently scheduled for December 7, 2006.

(5) The parties will promptly advise this Court of the issuance of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in

R.E.M. Int’l v. Neufeld, 9 Cir. Appeal No. 04-17498, and will promptly request a status th

conference upon the issuance of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion, subject to approval of the Court.

Date: December 4, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

/s/

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Date: December 4, 2006 /s/

CARLETON L. BRIGGS

Attorney for Plaintiff

Date: 

WILLIAM ALSUP

United States District Judge

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December 7, 2006

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge William Alsup

6) A further case management conference is set for June 7, 2007 at 11:00 AM. Parties shall file 

a joint case management statement by May 31, 2007. 

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