1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 BANAFSHEH OVEIS, Case No.: 3:24-cv-01428-RBM-BJW

11 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

12 v. MOTION TO EXTEND STAY

13 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND [Doc. 10] IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 On September 17, 2024, the Court granted the Parties’ joint motion to stay. (Doc. 6.) 18 The Court further ordered that if the Petition was not dismissed voluntarily by October 22, 19 2025, the Parties were to file a joint status report on or before October 29, 2025. (Id.) Due 20 to the lapse in federal appropriations, the Court reset those deadlines, ordering that if the 21 Petition was not dismissed voluntarily by December 29, 2025, the Parties were to file a 22 joint status report on or before January 5, 2026. (Doc. 9.) 23 On December 18, 2025, the Parties filed a Joint Motion to Extend Stay. (Doc. 10.) 24 They represent that they “continue to work towards an extrajudicial resolution,” but that 25 the new United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) policy entitled 26 “Policy Memorandum PM-602-0192, Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum 27 Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Aliens from High Risk 28 Countries” is affecting this case. (Id. at 2.) Therefore, “[w]ithout waiving Federal | Defendants’ rights to defend the causes of action and allegations,” the Parties jointly 2 request that this litigation be stayed until March 30, 2026. (/d.) 3 The Court has “broad discretion to stay proceedings as an incident to its power to 4 ||control its own docket.” Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). Granting a stay “is 5 || appropriate when it serves the interests of judicial economy and efficiency.” Rivers v. Walt 6 || Disney Co., 980 F. Supp. 1358, 1360 (C.D. Cal. 1997). A district court “may .. . find it is 7 || efficient for its own docket and the fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action 8 || before it, pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon the case.” Leyva 9 Certified Grocers of Cal., Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 863 (9th Cir. 1979). That “rule applies 10 || whether the separate proceedings are judicial, administrative, or arbitral in character... .” 11 at 863-64. 12 Based on the foregoing, the Joint Motion to Extend Stay (Doc. 10) is GRANTED. 13 || This litigation is STAYED until March 30, 2026. If Plaintiff's Petition is not dismissed 14 || voluntarily on or before March 30, 2026, the Parties must FILE a joint status report on or 15 || before April 6, 2026. 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 || DATE: January 21, 2026 18 Brerminln, NA itterys > 19 HON. RUTH BERMUBEZ MONTENEGRO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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