Alam

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MUHAMMAD WAJAHAT ALAM, et al., No. 2:24-cv-01103-DJC-CKD

Plaintiffs,

v. ORDER

ANTHONY BLINKEN, et al.,

Defendants.

Defendants move for dismissal or, in the alternative, summary judgment on

Plaintiffs’ claims that Defendants have unreasonably delayed adjudication of Plaintiffs’

immigrant visa application. Defendants argue that Plaintiffs’ claims are unreviewable

because the application was already reviewed and refused by a consular officer under

8 U.S.C. § 1201(g ), which was a final adjudication, and judicial review of final consular decisions is precluded under the doctrine of consular nonreviewability. Defendants also argue that, even if the refusal was not a final decision, it has only been fourteen months since the visa application was refused which does not constitute an unreasonable delay. The Court finds that there has been no unreasonable delay in adjudicating Plaintiffs’ visa…