Jafarzadeh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Saeed Jafarzadeh, et al., No. 1:23-cv-00770-KJM-CDB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Antony J. Blinken, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 In this action, plaintiffs allege defendants have unreasonably delayed the adjudication of 18 plaintiff Abbas Jafarzadeh’s immigrant visa application. Defendants move to dismiss for failure 19 to state a claim on which relief may be granted. The motion is denied. 20 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are a United States citizen and his Iranian-national father. Compl. 73, 74, ECF No. 1. Defendants are Antony J. Blinken, sued in his official capacity as the United States 23 Secretary of State, Julia M. Stufft, sued in her official capacity as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, and Stephanie Zakhem, sued in her official capacity as 25 the Consul General of the United States Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. /d. 29-31. …