Alizhon Shamsiev v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL ‘O’ JS-

Case No. 5:24cv01521 DDP (SPx) Date: May 21, 2025 Title ALIZHON SHAMSIEV v. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

SERVICES; ET AL.

Present: The Honorable: DEAN D. PREGERSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

Catherine Jeang Not Present Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants: Not Present Not Present

Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) – MOTION TO DISMISS [16] (Filed September 30, 2024)

Presently before the court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint. Having considered the submissions of the parties, the court grants the motion, for the reasons described below.

The government acknowledges that the government bears a duty to adjudicate asylum applications like Plaintiff’s “at some point.” (Opening Br. at 2.) At the same time, however, the government contends that Plaintiff’s Complaint is not ripe for adjudication because Plaintiff’s asylum application has only been pending for three and a half years. (Id.) Although the government does not concede as much here, courts within…