Al Pato v. Barr
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NAHRAIN AL PATO, et al., No. 1:20-cv-00973-NONE-EPG Plaintiffs, v. ORDER STAYING CASE FOR 60 DAYS WILLIAM BARR, in his official capacity (Doc. No. 11) as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants. 17 This is an immigration matter in which plaintiffs challenge an alleged delay in the adjudication of a Refugee Relative Petition (“Form I-730”) by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). In sum, plaintiff Nahrain Al Pato, a native of Iraq, fled to Turkey in 2014 with her three young children. (Doc. No. 1 at ¶ 2.) In 2016, plaintiff Al Pato and her children were granted approval for refugee status and entered the United States. (Id. at ¶ 3.) Although plaintiff Al Pato timely filed the Form I-730 to permit her husband, plaintiff Yokhanna Khames, to join her and their children in the United States, it has now been more than three years since the Form I-730 was filed with USCIS. (Id. at ¶ 4.) …