Najafi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SONA NAJAFI, et al., Case No. 19-cv-05782-KAW

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

v. APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED

DISCOVERY

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

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