Iqbal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Lailaa Iqbal, et al., No. 2:23-cv-01299-KJM-KJN Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Antony J. Blinken, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 In this action under the Administrative Procedure Act, plaintiffs allege defendants have unreasonably delayed the adjudication of their visa applications. Defendants move to dismiss for 19 lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. The court grants the motion in 20 part. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are three United States citizens and their respective Pakistani-national spouses 23 (beneficiary plaintiffs). Compl. § 15, ECF No. 1. Defendants are Antony J. Blinken, sued in his 24 official capacity as the United States Secretary of State, Rena Bitter, sued in her official capacity 25 as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Michael Solberg, sued in his official capacity 26 as the United States Embassy in Islamabad Consul General and…