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BRIAN M. BOYNTON 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

WILLIAM C. PEACHEY 

Director 

CATHERINE M. RENO 

Senior Litigation Counsel 

RUTH ANN MUELLER 

RICHARD INGEBRETSEN 

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division 

Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court Section 

P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

(202) 598-2445 

ruth.a.mueller@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AHMED, et al., Case No. 4:23-cv-01892-JST 

Honorable Jon S. Tigar Plaintiffs, 

 v. DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF 

LODGING OF STATUS REPORT 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., 

Defendants. 

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 Defendants, through their undersigned counsel, file this notice of lodging 

Defendants’ Status Report pursuant to the parties’ fully executed class action 

settlement agreement (ECF No. 103-2) and this Court’s order granting approval of 

the class action settlement agreement (ECF No. 105). 

 Exhibit A includes the following information required by Section 3.1.1 of 

the Settlement Agreement: (i) the total number of Class Member asylum 

applications received; (ii) the total number of Class Member asylum applications 

adjudicated; (iii) the total number of Class Member asylum applications that have 

been granted; (iv) the total number of Class Member asylum applications that have 

been denied; (v) the total number of Class Member asylum applications that have 

been administratively closed; (vi) the total number of Class Member asylum 

applications that have been referred to immigration court for defensive removal 

proceedings; (vii) the total number and percentage of Class Member asylum 

applications that are pending; (viii) the total number of Class Member asylum 

applications that have been pending more than 150 days, and the total percentage 

compared to overall Class Member asylum applications; (ix) for adjudicated Class 

Member asylum applications, the average adjudication time from filing to 

completion; and (x) for pending Class Member asylum applications, the average 

number of days from filing that those cases have been pending. This information is 

current as of December 28, 2023. 

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 Pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Settlement Agreement, Defendants will also 

post these reports to Defendants’ Class Action, Settlement Notices and Agreements 

page: https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/uscis-class-actionsettlement-notices-and-agreements. 

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Dated: January 11, 2024 Respectfully Submitted, 

BRIAN M. BOYNTON 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney 

General 

WILLIAM C. PEACHEY 

Director 

 CATHERINE M. RENO 

Senior Litigation Counsel 

RICHARD INGEBRETSEN 

Trial Attorney 

/s/ Ruth Ann Mueller 

Ruth Ann Mueller 

Trial Attorney 

District Court Section 

Office of Immigration Litigation 

Civil Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 598-2445 

Facsimile: (202) 305-7000 

E-mail: 

ruth.a.mueller@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on January 11, 2024, I served a copy of the foregoing on 

counsel for Plaintiffs via the Court’s CM/ECF e-filing system. 

/s/ Ruth Ann Mueller 

Ruth Ann Mueller 

Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Justice 

Civil Division 

Office of Immigration Litigation 

District Court Section 

Attorney for Defendants 

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