Nijiati Maimaitiyiming v. Merrick Garland
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 NIJIATI MAIMAITIYIMING, Case № 8:24-cv-02001-ODW (ADSx)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. 14 M ERRICK GARLAND et al., DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS [11] Defendants.
16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Nijiati Maimaitiyiming brings this action to compel Defendants 19 Merrick Garland as U.S. Attorney General, Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the 20 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Ur Mendoza Jaddou as Director of U.S. 21 Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), Ted H. Kim as Director of USCIS 22 Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate, and George Mihalko as 23 Director of USCIS, Tustin Asylum Office (collectively, “Defendants”) to adjudicate 24 his asylum application. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Defendants move to dismiss the 25 Complaint. (Mot. Dismiss (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 11.) For the following 26 reasons, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the…