Najafi

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SONA NAJAFI, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05782-KAW

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

9 v. APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED

DISCOVERY

10 MICHAEL R. POMPEO, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12 11 Defendants.

12 13 On September 15, 2019, Plaintiffs filed the instant action against Defendants, alleging that 14 Defendants were improperly withholding adjudications of case-by-case waivers under Presidential 15 Proclamation 9645, Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry 16 into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats (“PP 9645”). (Compl. ¶ 1, Dkt. 17 No. 1.) PP 9645 prohibits the entry of all immigrants and certain non-immigrants for nationals of 18 Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, but provides for case-by-case waivers from the ban. 19 (Compl. ¶ 4.) Plaintiffs, however, assert that Defendants’ policies, decisions, and actions in 20 implementing PP 9645 have unreasonably delayed the adjudication of waivers. (Compl. ¶ 6.) For…