Nwankwere

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THERESA NWANKWERE, Case No. 1:22-cv-01212-SKO

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT,

v. AND GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY

UR M. JADDOU, Director, United States JUDGMENT Citizenship & Immigration Services, (Docs. 20, 21) Defendant. 17 _____________________________________/ 18 Plaintiff Theresa Nwankwere brings this action challenging the denial of a Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-600 (the “Form I-600” or the “Petition”), filed by Plaintiff and her husband on behalf of D.A.C., a child they adopted abroad. (See Doc. 1.) Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and Defendant’s cross motion for summary judgment. (Docs. 20, 21.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to Defendant’s motion on June 1, 2023, and Defendant filed a reply brief on June 22, 2023. (See Docs. 23, 27.) The Court deemed the…