Zhang v. Houghton et al
Plaintiff: Tiejun Zhang
Defendant: NY District Director Timothy Houghton, US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Secretary of DHS Alejandro Mayorkas, Nebraska Service Center (NSC) and Alejandro Mayorkas
Case Number: 1:2021cv05495
Filed: October 4, 2021
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Presiding Judge: Brian M Cogan
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 05 U.S.C. ยง 702 Administrative Procedure Act
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 12, 2021 Opinion or Order Civil Case Terminated aas per parties' Rule 41(a) stipulation. Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 11/12/2021. (Cogan, Brian)
November 9, 2021 Filing 7 STIPULATION of Dismissal without prejudice by Merrick Garland, Timothy Houghton, Alejandro Mayorkas, Nebraska Service Center (NSC) (Dharia, Ekta)
November 9, 2021 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Jason Jia on behalf of Tiejun Zhang (aty to be noticed) (Jia, Jason)
October 11, 2021 Filing 5 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Tiejun Zhang. Merrick Garland served on 10/6/2021, answer due 12/6/2021; Timothy Houghton served on 10/6/2021, answer due 12/6/2021; Alejandro Mayorkas served on 10/6/2021, answer due 12/6/2021; Nebraska Service Center (NSC) served on 10/6/2021, answer due 12/6/2021. (De Luca, Stephen)
October 10, 2021 Filing 4 NOTICE of Appearance by Ekta R. Dharia on behalf of All Defendants (aty to be noticed) (Dharia, Ekta)
October 5, 2021 Filing 3 Summons Issued as to Merrick Garland, Timothy Houghton, Alejandro Mayorkas, Nebraska Service Center (NSC), U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (Davis, Kimberly)
October 5, 2021 Filing 2 This attorney case opening filing has been checked for quality control. See the attachment for corrections that were made, if any. (Davis, Kimberly)
October 5, 2021 Opinion or Order SCHEDULING ORDER: Counsel for all parties are directed to appear before the Honorable Brian M. Cogan for a telephonic Initial Status Conference on 11/17/2021 at 9:15 am. Parties are directed to use the toll-free number 888-684-8852, access code 6427877# and security code 5495#. Principal trial counsel must appear at this and all subsequent conferences. Plaintiff's counsel is directed to notify all attorneys in this action of the conference schedule in writing. No later than 24 hours prior to the Initial Status Conference, the Government must file a brief letter advising the Court whether the status of the case has changed since the filing of the complaint. Counsel is directed to review Judge Cogan's Individual Practices, which may be obtained on the Court's website at https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/judge-brian-m-cogan. Requests for adjournment of the conference will be considered only if made in writing and otherwise in accordance with Judge Cogan's Rules. Ordered by Judge Brian M. Cogan on 10/5/2021. (Weisberg, Peggy)
October 5, 2021 Case Assigned to Judge Brian M. Cogan. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our #website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. (Davis, Kimberly)
October 4, 2021 Filing 1 COMPLAINT FOR WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS against Merrick Garland, Timothy Houghton, Alejandro Mayorkas, Nebraska Service Center (NSC) filing fee $ 402, receipt number ANYEDC-14900011 Was the Disclosure Statement on Civil Cover Sheet completed -Yes,, filed by Tiejun Zhang. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Proposed Summons Proposed Summons, #3 Exhibit Exhibits) (De Luca, Stephen)

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Plaintiff: Tiejun Zhang
Represented By: Stephen De Luca
Represented By: Jason Jia
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Defendant: NY District Director Timothy Houghton
Represented By: Ekta R. Dharia
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Defendant: US Attorney General Merrick Garland
Represented By: Ekta R. Dharia
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Defendant: Secretary of DHS Alejandro Mayorkas
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Defendant: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
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Defendant: Alejandro Mayorkas
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