Casa Libre Freedom House v. Alejandro Mayorkas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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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 CROSS- MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS et al., JUDGMENT [97] [102] Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION This is an action challenging how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 20 (“USCIS”) processes petitions for Special Immigrant Juvenile (“SIJ”) status. The 21 Plaintiffs are individuals who submitted SIJ petitions to USCIS and organizations who 22 provide legal and other assistance to such individuals. The Court certified a class for 23 the purpose of Plaintiffs’ challenge to regulations that allow USCIS in certain 24 circumstances to suspend the statutory 180-day deadline for adjudicating SIJ petitions. 25 (Order Certify Class, ECF No. 91.) Both sides now move for summary judgment. 26 (Pl. Mot. Summ. J. (“Pl. Mot.”), ECF No. 97; Def. Mot. Summ. J. (“Def. Mot.”), ECF 27 No. 102.) For the…