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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SARONI RAY, et al., Case No. 20-cv-06279-JSC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTION TO SEVER,

v. DISMISS, AND TRANSFER VENUE

KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI, Re: Dkt. No. 33 Defendant.

Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to sever and dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims, and to transfer the claims of certain Plaintiffs. (Dkt. No. 33 at 10-11.) Plaintiffs are 45 foreign nationals holding H-4 visas; they are also individual spouses of H-1B visa holders. They reside across the country, and allege that United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has unlawfully withheld from them a 180-day automatic extension of work authorization upon the expiration of their Employment Authorization Documents (“EAD”), and that USCIS has created unreasonable delays in the adjudication of their work reauthorizations. After careful consideration of the parties’ briefing, the Court determines that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b),…