Blinken

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KHALIL MUSLEH ABDO AL SHALELI, Case No.: 1:22-cv-01244-JLT-SAB et al., ORDER DENYING EX PARTE REQUEST Plaintiffs, FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 13 v. (Doc. 5)

ANTONY J. BLINKEN, U.S.

SECRETARY OF STATE; et al., 16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION On September 29, 2022, Plaintiffs, six of whom are nationals of Yemen who were selected for the Fiscal Year 2022 “Diversity Visa” program (“Applicant Plaintiffs”), filed this action against various officials of the United States, including Antony J. Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State. (Doc. 1.) Very generally, the “diversity visa program makes as many as 55,000 visas available annually to citizens of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.” Shahi v. U.S. Dep’t of State, 33 F.4th 927, 928 (7th Cir. 2022) (citing 8 U.S.C. §§ 1151(e), 1153(c)). Because the number of diversity visa selectees typically exceeds the number of available visas, the Department…