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Parties Involved:
Nancy Alcantar
Respondent
Michael Chertoff
Respondent
Alberto Gonzales
Respondent
Binyam Negash Kifle
Petitioner

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STIPULATION TO A THIRD EXTENSION OF SCHEDULE

C-07-2584-MJJ 1

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SCSBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Acting 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 Respondents

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

BINYAM NEGASH KIFLE,

Petitioner,

v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary,

Department of Homeland Security;

NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office

Director, Immigration and Customs

Enforcement; and ALBERTO

GONZALES, Attorney General of the

United States, 

Respondents.

 

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No. C 07-2584-MJJ

STIPULATION TO A THIRD EXTENSION

OF THE BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND

HEARING DATE; AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Petitioner, by and through his attorney of record, and respondents, by and through their

attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to approval to the Court, to a third extension of the

briefing schedule and the hearing date in the above-captioned matter in light of the following:

(1) The petitioner was ordered removed to Sudan by an Immigration Judge in a removal order

entered on December 2, 2005.

(2) The petitioner waived his right to appeal his removal order to the Board of Immigration

Appeals (BIA).

(3) The petitioner is currently detained by the United States Immigration and Customs

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Enforcement (ICE).

(4) On December 6, 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to remove

the petitioner to Sudan, but the Sudanese government refused to accept him.

(5) On February 15, 2007, the government of Ethiopia issued a travel document, which

allowed for the petitioner’s removal.

(6) On March 9, 2007, the DHS informed the petitioner by letter that it intended to remove

him to Ethiopia, a country that was not designated in the petitioner’s removal proceeding. The

DHS informed the petitioner that if he believed he will face persecution or torture in Ethiopia, he

could request protection from removal, i.e., withholding of removal under the Immigration and

Nationality Act and the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and that any claim for

protection from removal would have to be supported by evidence demonstrating prima facie

eligibility for withholding of removal to Ethiopia.

(7) The petitioner filed a motion to reopen his removal proceedings with the Immigration

Judge, asserting that he would be subjected to persecution and/or torture if returned to Ethiopia.

(8) On May 4, 2007, the Immigration Judge denied the petitioner’s motion to reopen, stating

that it was untimely and determining that the “[petitioner’s] claim based on events regarding his

father occurring over 27 years ago do not give rise to a prima facie claim that the respondent

would be tortured in Ethiopia for purposes of deferral of removal.”

(9) The petitioner’s appeal of the Immigration Judge’s May 4, 2007 order is pending at the

BIA.

(10) On May 15, 2007, the petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court,

alleging that his removal to Ethiopia would violate his rights under the Immigration and

Nationality Act and the United States Constitution, and that his continued detention violates his

rights under the United States Constitution.

(11) A hearing on the habeas petition is currently scheduled for June 21 , at 10:00 a.m. st

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The parties are also available on July 5, 2007, if that date is more convenient for the 1

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(12) The parties are engaged in productive discussions about a number of issues relevant to

this case, including substantive and jurisdictional issues, and believe that a third, brief extension

of the briefing schedule and hearing date will be beneficial to both parties.

(13) The parties jointly apologize to the Court for the inconvenience that their third request for

an extension of time creates to this Court’s calendar and assert that they will not seek any further

extensions barring unforeseen circumstances.

(14) The parties propose the following schedule:

Respondents’ Return to Habeas Petition due: June 15, 2007

Petitioner’s Reply: June 22, 2007

Hearing: July 3, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.1

Date: June 8, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

/s/

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Respondents

Date: June 8, 2007 /s/

JAMES TODD BENNETT, Esq.

Attorney for Petitioner

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

United States District Judge

July 10, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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