Lehman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EVGENII MALENKO, No. 2:24-cv-03098-DJC-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE (USCIS), et. al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Evgenii Malenko (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the filing of a complaint for writ of mandamus against Defendants the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS); Danielle Lehman, USCIS San Francisco Asylum Office Director; Ur Jaddou, Director of USCIS; Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security1; and Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States2 (“Defendants”). (ECF No.1.) Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee but instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 2.) This matter was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(3) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). For the following reasons the Court will grant 26 1 Mr. Mayorkas is no longer the Secretary…