UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAFIAK MOHAMED ALGZALY, et al., Case No. 20-cv-03322-JCS
Plaintiffs, ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO
DISMISS FIRST AMENDED
v. COMPLAINT AND MOTION FOR
LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
ANTONY BLINKEN, et al., COMPLAINT Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 42, 47
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Rafiak Mohamed Algzaly is a naturalized American citizen who sponsored his sons, Plaintiffs Hani Rafeq Mohammed Alghazali and Gubran Rafeq Mohammed Alghazali, for immigration visas. Hani and Gubran’s1 applications were denied, purportedly based on consular officials’ determinations that Hani and Gubran used khat (a stimulant), that they misrepresented medical information, and that Gubran intended to practice polygamy in the United States. Plaintiffs—Rafiak, Hani, Gubran, and several other members of their family, some of whom also sought visas through Hani and Gubran’s applications—assert that the consular officers’ decisions denying their applications…