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CECILLIA D. WANG (CA Bar No. 187782) LUCAS GUTTENTAG (CA Bar No. 90208) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROJECT 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 343-0775 Facsimile: (415) 395-0950 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs *Additional counsel listed on following page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ALIA AHMADI, VLADIMIR MIKULICIC, IGOR OVCHINNIKOV, BILJANA PETROVIC, SERGEI SAPOZHNIKOV, EIMAN TAKY and YAN WANG, Case No. 07-CV-3455-WHA Plaintiffs-Petitioners, v. MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; PETER KEISLER, Acting Attorney General of the United States; EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services; DAVID STILL, District Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, San Francisco District, Defendants-Respondents. STIPULATION TO TAKE CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF CALENDAR Date: Time: Courtroom: Judge: November 8, 2007 8:00 a.m. 9 Hon. William H. Alsup

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Additional Plaintiffs' counsel: JULIA HARUMI MASS (CA Bar No. 189649) ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (CA Bar No. 49957) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 621-2493 Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 SIN YEN LING JOREN LYONS (CA Bar No. 203403) ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 939 Market Street, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: (415) 896-1701 Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 TODD GALLINGER (CA Bar No. 238666), Of Counsel COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR) ­ SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 Santa Clara, CA 95054 Telephone: (408) 986-9874 Facsimile: (408) 986-9875 Counsel for Defendants: SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC Bar No. 9990) United States Attorney JOANN W. SWANSON (CA Bar No. 88143) Chief, Civil Division EDWARD A. OLSEN (CA Bar No. 214150) Assistant United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6915 Facsimile: (415) 436-6927 PETER D. KEISLER United States Department of Justice Acting Attorney General ELIZABETH J. STEVENS Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation JEFFREY S. ROBINS Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 616-1246 Facsimile: (202) 307-8801

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 1. On September 5, 2007, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking certification of a class with

respect to the second, third and fourth causes of action in the above-referenced matter. 2. 3. On August 31, 2007, defendants filed a motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs' claims. On September 19, 2007, the Court scheduled briefing and hearing for plaintiffs' class

certification motion as follows: defendants' opposition brief due October 18, 2007; plaintiffs' reply brief due October 25, 2007, and hearing on the Motion November 8, 2007. 4. By order dated October 15, 2007, the Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss as to

plaintiffs' second, third, and fourth causes of action. 5. Because the claims for which plaintiffs' class certification motion was filed have been

dismissed, the parties agree and stipulate that said motion should be taken off calendar. This stipulation is made without prejudice to plaintiffs' ability to seek hearing on the motion or any amended motion for class certification at any later stage of this litigation and without prejudice to defendants' ability to raise any objections to class certification at any appropriate time.

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Dated: October 17, 2007

Respectfully submitted, CECILLIA D. WANG LUCAS GUTTENTAG AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS PROJECT 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 JULIA HARUMI MASS ALAN L. SCHLOSSER AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 SIN YEN LING JOREN LYONS ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 939 Market Street, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94103 TODD GALLINGER Of Counsel COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS (CAIR) ­ SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 Santa Clara, CA 95054 By: _______/s/_________________________ JULIA HARUMI MASS Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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Dated: October 17, 2007

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney JOANN W. SWANSON Chief, Civil Division EDWARD A. OLSEN Assistant United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, CA 94102 PETER D. KEISLER United States Department of Justice Acting Attorney General ELIZABETH J. STEVENS Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation JEFFREY S. ROBINS Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 By: _______/s/_________________________ ELIZABETH J. STEVENS Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER Based on the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs' motion for class certification currently set for hearing on November 8, 2007 is taken off calendar. This order is made without prejudice to plaintiffs' ability to seek hearing on the motion or any amended motion for class certification at any later stage of this litigation and without prejudice to defendants' ability to raise any objections to class certification at any appropriate time. SO ORDERED. Dated: October ____, 2007 _______________________________________ HON. WILLIAM H. ALSUP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Julia Harumi Mass, declare as follows: I hereby certify that today I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION TO TAKE

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. of the STIPULATION TO TAKE CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF CALENDAR were served by U.S. Mail on the following non-ECF filers: Sin Yen Ling Asian Law Caucus 939 Market Street, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94103 Todd Gallinger Council on American-Islamic Relations 3000 Scott Boulevard, Suite 212 Santa Clara, CA 95054 CLASS CERTIFICATION MOTION OFF CALENDAR with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following email addresses: Alan Lawrence Schlosser American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Joren Lyons Asian Law Caucus Lucas Guttentag American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project Julia Harumi Mass American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Edward A. Olsen United States Attorney's Office Elizabeth J. Stevens United States Department of Justice Jeffrey S. Robins United States Department of Justice Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected]

In addition, I hereby certify that on this 17th day of October 2007, true and correct copies

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Dated: October 17, 2007 San Francisco, California _________/s/______________ JULIA HARUMI MASS