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1 BRIAN M. BOYNTON 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

2 WILLIAM C. PEACHEY 

3 Director 

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Senior Litigation Counsel 

RUTH ANN MUELLER 

6 RICHARD INGEBRETSEN 

Trial Attorneys 

7 U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division 

8 Office of Immigration Litigation, District Court Section 

P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station 

9 Washington, D.C. 20044 

(202) 598-2445 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AHMED, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

V. 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY, eta/., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:23-cv-01892-JST 

Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF 

LODGING OF DEADLINE 

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

Defendants' Deadline 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 3.2.2 of 

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

applications that were filed on or before August 3, 2023; (ii) the total number and 

percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before August 3, 

2023, that were still pending on January 1, 2024; (iii) the total number and 

percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before August 3, 

2023, that were adjudicated by December 31, 2023; (iv) the total number and 

percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before August 3, 

2023, that were adjudicated within 150 days or less of being filed on or before 

December 31, 2023; and (v) the total number and percentage of Class Member 

asylum applications filed on or before August 3, 2023, that were adjudicated more 

than 150 days after being filed on or before December 31, 2023. This information 

is current as of December 31, 2023. 

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

post this report to Defendants' Class Action, Settlement Notices and Agreements 
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page: https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/uscis-class-actionsettlement-notices-and-agreements. 

Dated: January 16, 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 

Isl 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 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on January 16, 2024, I served a copy of the foregoing on 

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

Isl 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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EXHIBIT A 
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Reporting Requirement Number Percent 

(i) the total number of Class Member asylum applications that were filed on or before August 18,592 n/a 3, 2023: 

(ii) the total number and percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before 6,112 32.9 August 3, 2023, that were still pending on January 1, 2024: 

(iii) the total number and percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before 12,480 67.1 August 3, 2023, that were adjudicated by December 31, 2023: 

(iv) the total number and percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before 

August 3, 2023, that were adjudicated within 150 days or less of being filed on or before 758 6.1 

December 31 , 2023: 

(v) the total number and percentage of Class Member asylum applications filed on or before 

August 3, 2023, that were adjudicated more than 150 days after being filed on or before 11 ,722 93.9 

December 31 , 2023: 

Report 1 Notes: 

1) The report reflects the most up-to-date data available at the time the system was queried. 

2) Adjudicated is defined as the date a grant, denial or referral is served upon the applicant or the date of the administrative 

close. Reopened cases are excluded. 

3) Processing time is represented by the elapsed number of calendar days between date of filing and date of decision service, 

date of administrative close, or date of data extract if the application is still pending. 

Parameters: 

Form: 1-589 

Special Group Code: OAW 

Data Source: eCISCOR GLOBAL/ Asylum Division - IDEA Branch