Yeganeh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OMID YEGANEH, et al., Case No. 21-cv-02426-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION TO DISMISS

ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Docket No. 29 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs are Iranian nationals who applied for visas and naturalization, and several U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who filed family-based visa petitions on behalf of their Iranian-national relatives. They allege their applications were denied or will be denied based on terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds (“TRIG”) due to their prior service in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”) in Iran. Plaintiffs, for themselves and on behalf of a putative class, seek an order compelling Defendants to create a mechanism for a TRIG waiver or exemption for the ineligibility resulting from service in the IRGC. Now pending is Defendants’ motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject-matter …