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CECILLIA D. WANG (CSB #187782) LUCAS GUTTENTAG (CSB #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-Petitioners *Additional counsel listed on following page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ALIA AHMADI, MIAO LING HUANG, YAN WANG, FU ZHONG, Plaintiffs-Petitioners, Case No. 07-CV-3455-WHA v. MICHAEL CHERTOFF, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; ALBERTO GONZALES, 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 OF DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG AND FU ZHONG

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Additional counsel: JULIA HARUMI MASS (CSB #189649) ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (CSB #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 (CSB #203403) ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 939 Market Street, Suite 201 San Francisco, CA 94103 Telephone: (415) 896-1701 Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 *Application for admission pro hac vice forthcoming

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Of counsel: TODD GALLINGER (CSB #238666) 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

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: The parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 1. On July 2, 2007, plaintiffs Alia Ahmadi, Miao Ling Huang, Yan Wang and Fu

Zhong filed the instant action, seeking their naturalization by the Court pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b) and declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and a proposed class of persons suffering from delays in the naturalization process. 2. Prior to the filing of the complaint on July 2, 2007, but unbeknownst to plaintiffs'

counsel, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency had adjudicated the naturalization applications of plaintiffs Huang and Zhong, and issued notices of naturalization oath ceremony. 3. Plaintiffs Huang and Zhong took the oath of citizenship on July 24, 2007, and are

now U.S. citizens. 4. 5. The claims of plaintiffs Huang and Zhong should therefore be dismissed. Defendants stipulate and agree, in settlement of the claims of plaintiffs Huang and

Zhong, that the oaths of naturalization taken by plaintiffs Huang and Zhong are valid and effective.

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Dated: August 10, 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 Telephone: (415) 896-1701 Facsimile: (415) 896-1702 TODD GALLINGER 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 By: _______/s/________________________ CECILLIA D. WANG Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Petitioners

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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 Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division 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/_________________________ JEFFREY S. ROBINS Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER Based upon the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the claims of plaintiffs Miao Ling Huang and Fu Zhong are hereby DISMISSED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1), on the ground that they have taken valid oaths of naturalization and are U.S. citizens. SO ORDERED. October 2 Dated: August ___, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Cecillia D. Wang, declare as follows: I hereby certify that today I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION OF

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AND FU ZHONG were served by U.S. Mail on the following non-ECF filers: 26 27 28 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 In addition, I hereby certify that on this 10th day of August 2007, true and correct copies of the STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG Jeffrey S. Robins United States Department of Justice Via ECF at [email protected] Edward A. Olsen United States Attorney's Office Elizabeth J. Stevens United States Department of Justice Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected] Julia Harumi Mass American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Via ECF at [email protected] Lucas Guttentag American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project Via ECF at [email protected] DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS MIAO LING HUANG AND FU ZHONG 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 Via ECF at [email protected] Via ECF at [email protected]

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. Dated: August 10, 2007 San Francisco, California _________/s/______________ CECILLIA D. WANG