Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 CASA LIBRE/FREEDOM HOUSE et al., Case № 2:22-cv-01510-ODW (JPRx) Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

13 v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR CLASS ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS et al., CERTIFICATION [58] Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION This is a putative class action challenging how the U.S. Department of 20 Homeland Security (“DHS”) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 21 (“USCIS”) handle and process Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) petitions. The 22 Plaintiffs are six individuals who submitted petitions for SIJ status and six 23 organizations who provide legal and other assistance to such individuals. The 24 Defendants are Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of DHS; Ur M. Jaddou, Director of 25 USCIS; and USCIS itself. Plaintiffs now move to certify a class of SIJ petitioners. 26 (Mot. Certify Class (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 58.) For the following reasons, 27 the…