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Case TitleBehring Capital LLC v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
DistrictNorthern District of California
CitySan Francisco
Case Number3:2024cv02566
Date Filed2024-04-29
Date Closed2024-09-19
JudgeJudge Trina L Thompson
PlaintiffBehring Capital LLC
Case DescriptionBehring Capital, Inc., a company which helps sponsor projects under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, submitted a FOIA request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for records data about EB5 filings and adjudications. The agency acknowledged receipt of the request but after hearing nothing further from the agency, Behring Capital filed suit.
Complaint issues: Failure to respond within statutory time limit, Litigation - Attorney's fees

DefendantUnited States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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2024-04-291COMPLAINT against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-19367546.). Filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-292Certificate of Interested Entities by Behring Capital LLC (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-293Proposed Summons. (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/29/2024) (Entered: 04/29/2024)
2024-04-304Case assigned to Judge Trina L Thompson. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. (ark, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-305Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 7/25/2024. Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/1/2024 02:00 PM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. (far, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-30Electronic filing error . ONLY ONE SUMMONS TO BE ISSUED PER CASE, USE AN ATTACHMENT TO SUMMONS IF NEEDED TO LIST ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS INFORMATION [err201]This filing will not be processed by the clerks office.Please re-file in its entirety. Re: 3 Proposed Summons filed by Behring Capital LLC (far, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-04-306Proposed Summons. (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 4/30/2024) (Entered: 04/30/2024)
2024-05-017Summons Issued as to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney General (far, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2024) (Entered: 05/01/2024)
2024-05-248ORDER re CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: The Case Management Conference scheduled for 8/1/2024 is reset to 6/27/2024 at 2:00 pm (videoconference only). The parties are ORDERED to file a joint case management statement no later than 6/20/2024. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Trina L. Thompson on May 24, 2024. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (tltlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/24/2024) (Entered: 05/24/2024)
2024-06-109MOTION for leave to appear in Pro Hac Vice ( Filing fee $ 328, receipt number ACANDC-19505163.) filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Ramos, Edward) (Filed on 6/10/2024) (Entered: 06/10/2024)
2024-06-1110NOTICE of Appearance by Niralkumar Patel (Patel, Niralkumar) (Filed on 6/11/2024) (Entered: 06/11/2024)
2024-06-1111Order GRANTING 9 Motion for Pro Hac Vice as to Edward F. Ramos. Signed by Judge Trina L Thompson on 6/11/2024. (rfm, COURT USER) (Filed on 6/11/2024) (Entered: 06/11/2024)
2024-06-1312STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE filed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 6/13/2024) (Entered: 06/13/2024)
2024-06-1413ORDER GRANTING 12 STIPULATION TO CONTINUE DATES. Signed by Judge Trina L. Thompson on 6/14/2024. Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/27/2024 is re-set for 8/1/2024 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco - Videoconference Only. Joint Case Management Statement due by 7/25/2024. (rfm, COURT USER) (Filed on 6/14/2024) (Entered: 06/14/2024)
2024-07-1014ANSWER to Complaint by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 7/10/2024) (Entered: 07/10/2024)
2024-07-1215ADR Clerks Notice re: Non-Compliance with Court Order. The parties have failed to file an ADR Certification as required by the Initial Case Management Scheduling Order. Counsel shall comply promptly with the requirements of ADR L.R. 3-5(b) and shall file the ADR Certification. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (af, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/12/2024) (Entered: 07/12/2024)
2024-07-1216ADR Certification (ADR L.R. 3-5 b) of discussion of ADR options (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 7/12/2024) (Entered: 07/12/2024)
2024-07-1617ADR Certification (ADR L.R. 3-5 b) of discussion of ADR options (Ramos, Edward) (Filed on 7/16/2024) (Entered: 07/16/2024)
2024-07-2518JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT filed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Mainardi, Andrew) (Filed on 7/25/2024) (Entered: 07/25/2024)
2024-07-2919CLERK'S NOTICE RESETTING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. The Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/1/2024 is re-set for 11/21/2024 at 2:00 PM in San Francisco - Videoconference Only. Joint Case Management Statement due by 11/14/2024. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (rfm, COURT USER) (Filed on 7/29/2024) (Entered: 07/29/2024)
2024-09-0420NOTICE of Appearance filed by Ekta Dharia on behalf of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (Dharia, Ekta) (Filed on 9/4/2024) (Entered: 09/04/2024)
2024-09-1821STIPULATION of Voluntary Dismissal filed by Behring Capital LLC. (Kurzban, Ira) (Filed on 9/18/2024) (Entered: 09/18/2024)
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