Uscis

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NAGENDRA KUMAR NAKKA; No. 22-35203

NITHEESHA NAKKA; SRINIVAS

THODUPUNURI; RAVI VATHSAL D.C. No. 3:19-cv-

THODUPUNURI; RAJESHWAR 02099-YY

ADDAGATLA; VISHAL

ADDAGATLA; SATYA VENU

BATTULA; SANDEEP BATTULA; OPINION

SIVA PEDDADA; PAVANI

PEDDADA; VENKATA PEDDADA;

ABIGAIL EDWARDS; MIRIAM

EDWARDS-BUDZADZIJA,

individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP

AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES;

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

OF STATE,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Youlee Yim You, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted February 7, 2023 Portland, Oregon

Filed August 6, 2024

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Danielle J. Forrest, and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Sung; Concurrence by Judge Forrest

SUMMARY *

Immigration

In an action in which Plaintiffs challenged certain immigration policies in district court, the panel vacated the district court’s order granting Defendants’…