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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 26 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL A. REHFELDT, No. 23-15240

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:20-cv-00181-KJM

v.

MEMORANDUM*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY; ALEJANDRO N.

MAYORKAS, Secretary of Homeland Security (substituted for former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, pursuant to FRCP 25(d)),

Defendants-Appellees,

and

CHAD F. WOLF,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Kenneth J. Mansfield, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 14, 2024 University of Hawaii Manoa

Before: PAEZ, M. SMITH, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Michael Rehfeldt appeals the district court’s order granting summary

judgment in favor of the Department of Homeland Security and Alejandro

Mayorkas (collectively, “Defendants”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. Because the parties are…