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Parties Involved:
Jeh Johnson
Respondent
John Kramar
Respondent
Leon Rodriguez
Respondent
Mohamed Ali Saleh
Petitioner

Document Text:

STIPULATION TO REMAND 

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973) 

United States Attorney 

SARA WINSLOW, (DC Bar No. 457643) 

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 

Sara.winslow@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Respondents 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

MOHAMED ALI SALEH, 

 Petitioner, 

 v. 

JOHN KRAMAR, District Director, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, San Francisco 

District; LEON RODRIGUEZ, Director of U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship 

and Immigration Services; JEH JOHNSON, 

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, 

 Respondents. 

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C 16-0985 KAW 

STIPULATION REMANDING CASE TO 

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 

IMMIGRATION SERVICES, PURSUANT TO 8 

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

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

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

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

interviewed. 

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

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

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

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 Petitioner’s application for naturalization within 30 days of 

the remand order. 

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

the time frame set forth in paragraph 1 above, Respondents will not oppose any request by Petitioner to 

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

to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). Each party will bear their own costs and attorney fees. 

Date: April 11, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

United States Attorney 

 

 _______/s/_ _________________ 

 SARA WINSLOW 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Respondents 

Dated: April 9, 2016 /s/ 

ROBERT BAIZER 

Attorney for Petitioner 

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 

 ___________________________ KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

4/26/16

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