Kullab
Kullab v. United States Department of Homeland Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SONDOS KULLAB, Case No. 24-cv-04179-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., 11 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Sondos Kullab alleges that she filed an application for asylum with defendant 14 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in November 2020. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 12. 15 She says defendants, namely USCIS, the Department of Homeland Security, their lead executive 16 officers, and the director of the San Francisco Asylum Office, have done nothing to process the 17 application since then, and that she was advised in May 2024 that the application was still “under 18 review.” Id. ¶¶ 13-16. Kullab attributes the delay to defendants’ policy of processing asylum 19 applications on a “last in first out” basis, which she believes will effectively foreclose any realistic 20 possibility that her application will ever be “fully adjudicated.” Id. ¶ 17. Kullab alleges a 21 violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5. U.S.C. § 500 et seq., and a…