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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NADEZHDA KANEVA, Case No. 2:25-cv-1164-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff brings this action against the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”); Ur Jaddou, the director of USCIS; and an unnamed director of USCIS’s Sacramento Field Office. She alleges that USCIS has unreasonably delayed issuing a decision on her Form I- 730 petition, which seeks derivative asylum benefits for her son. The complaint’s allegations are, for screening purposes, sufficient to state a cognizable claim, and I will therefore direct service of the complaint. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, which makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(1) and (2). Screening and Pleading Requirements A federal court must screen the complaint of any claimant seeking permission to proceed 27…