Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 CASA LIBRE/FREEDOM HOUSE et al., Case № 2:22-cv-01510-ODW (JPRx)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
v. PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF 14 ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS et al., CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT [122] [132] Defendants.
17 I. INTRODUCTION This is a class action challenging how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 20 (“DHS”) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) handle and 21 process Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) petitions. Plaintiffs are individuals who 22 submitted SIJ petitions to USCIS and organizations that provided assistance to such 23 individuals. The Court certified a class for Plaintiffs’ challenge to regulations that allow 24 USCIS in certain circumstances to suspend the statutory 180-day deadline for 25 adjudicating SIJ petitions. (Order Certify Class 20, ECF No. 91.) The Court granted 26 in part and denied in part the cross motions for summary judgment, including issuing 27 declaratory relief in favor of Plaintiffs. (Order…