Polus
Salwa Jirjees Polus v. David M. Radel, Los Angeles Asylum Office, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SALWA JIRJEES POLUS, Case No.: 25-CV-542 JLS (DEB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
v. MOTION TO STAY
DAVID M. RADEL, Los Angeles Asylum (ECF No. 7) Office, Director, U.S. Citizenship and 14 Immigration Services, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Presently before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Motion to Stay (“Joint Mot.,” ECF No. 7). In this case, Plaintiff seeks adjudication of her asylum application, which has been pending for nearly ten years. ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 6. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) conducted an asylum interview for Plaintiff on September 25, 2025, however, Plaintiff added a dependent spouse to her Form I-589. Joint Mot. at 1. The Parties represent that USCIS needs additional time to complete the vetting process for Plaintiff’s dependent spouse and to consider the new USCIS policies impacting this case. Id. at 2. The Parties seek that the stay in this litigation be extended until May 13, 2026,…