USCIS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TATIANA IAMPOLSKAIA, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. 2:25-cv-01789-TLN-CKD

13 v. ORDER USCIS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Tatiana Iampolskaia’s (“Plaintiff”) Emergency Motion to Stay. (ECF No. 16.) Defendants United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”), Ur M. Jaddou, Alejandro Mayorkas, and Merrick Garland2 (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff filed a reply. (ECF No. 20.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED.

Based on the substance of Plaintiff’s brief and the relief requested therein, the Court construes Plaintiff’s pleading as a motion for a temporary restraining order. Estelle v. Gamble, 25 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976) (stating that pleadings by pro se litigants must be held to less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.)

Pamela Bondi has succeeded Merrick Garland as United States Attorney General,…