ORDER

ANDREW P. GORDON, Magistrate Judge.

JOINT STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO ANSWER PETITION

(Third Request)

Pursuant to LR 6-1, 6-2, and 7-1, the parties jointly stipulate to extend the deadline for Respondents to answer or otherwise respond to the Petition filed in this matter. In support, the parties state as follows:

1. On November 16, 2015, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandamus. See

Pet., ECF No. 1. Specifically, Petitioner seeks an order from the Court "to compel Respondents to act on Petitioner's completed I-485 Application to Adjust Status." Id. at ¶ 1.

2. Although Plaintiff completed service on Respondents on February 1, 2016, the civil docket entry notation originally indicated that Respondents' answer deadlines were February 1 and 2, 2016. See Dkt. entry at ECF No. 8. The parties therefore stipulated and agreed that good cause existed to correct Respondents' answer deadline from the deadlines noted on ECF No. 8 to the correct answer date of April 1, 2016, which the Court approved on February 9, 2016. See ECF Nos. 9 & 11; Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(2).

3. Subsequently, the parties agreed to further extend Respondents' answer deadline by thirty days from April 1, 2016, to May 2, 2016, in order to allow the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") additional time to review and process Petitioner's I-485 Application to Adjust Status. See ECF No. 13. Because USCIS' adjudication of Petitioner's I-485 application could potentially resolve the issues in the Petition without further litigation, the parties stipulated and agreed that good cause existed for the extension, which was approved by the Court. See ECF Nos. 13 & 14.

4. Although USCIS has now adjudicated Petitioner's I-485 application, another brief extension of Respondents' answer deadline is required for USCIS to issue to Petitioner a letter notifying him of USCIS' final decision on his application.

5. Accordingly, the parties stipulate and agree that good cause exists to extend Respondents' answer deadline by thirty days from May 2, 2016, to June 1, 2016.

WHEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree that good cause exists to extend Respondents' answer deadline by thirty days from May 2, 2016, to June 1, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED: