Jacob
Jacob v. Biden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JANAN VARGHESE JACOB, et al., Case No. 21-cv-00261-JD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 1 DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants.
12 The complaint in this case attempts to allege nine claims under the United States Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706, against certain Presidential Proclamations said to impede the processing of “family-based immigration visas.” Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 7195. The complaint names 2,438 individual plaintiffs in 81 countries who “yearn for a life in the shining city upon a hill.” Id. ¶ 1. The complaint is 831 pages long, and plaintiffs have filed a self- styled “emergency” motion for injunctive relief, and a motion to certify a class. Dkt. Nos. 4, 5. The case cannot go forward on the complaint as it currently stands. Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). This requires a…