A.M.Q.A.

I. BACKGROUND

6 A. Plaintiffs’ Initial Complaint 7 On October 30, 2020, Muneera, her four children – Alia, Ramzi, N.M.Q.A.(1), and 8 N.M.Q.A.(2) – and Muneera’s father, Nassar Ali Abdullah Mohamed (“Nassar”), filed this 9 lawsuit for declaratory and injunctive relief against: United States Citizenship and Immigration 10 Services (“USCIS”), USCIS Acting Director Kenneth Cuccinelli, USCIS Western District 11 Director Monica Toro, USCIS Fresno Field Office, and Monica B. Lugo (collectively, “USCIS 12 Defendants”).2 (ECF No. 1). At the time the initial complaint was filed, Nassar lived in Fresno, 13 California, and Muneera lived in Yemen with her children, all of whom were minors at the time. 14 (Id. at 6). 15 In their initial complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that Muneera derived her United States citizenship through her U.S. citizen father, Nassar, and obtained a U.S. passport in August 2017. (Id. at 2). In January 2018, Muneera filed N-600K applications on behalf of her four children seeking citizenship under Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) and 8 U.S.C. § 1433(a). (Id. at 3). Plaintiffs alleged that all four children were eligible for…