Tikhonova
Tikhonova v. U.S. Department of State
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OLGA TIKHONOVA, Case No. 22-cv-06034-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
DISMISS
v. Re: Dkt. No. 12 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., Defendants.
12 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 12. The Court finds this matter appropriate for disposition without oral argument and the matter is deemed submitted. See Civil L.R. 7-1(b). For the reasons detailed below, the Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss. I. BACKGROUND Pro se Plaintiff Olga Tikhonova is a U.S. citizen. See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) at ¶ 3. Her mother, Liubov Tikhonova, is the beneficiary in this case and is a citizen and resident of Russia. See id. at ¶¶ 3, 6. Plaintiff filed a Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative on behalf of her mother in July 2021. See id. at ¶ 7. According to the complaint, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service approved the application, and sent the petition to the National Visa Center (“NVC”), a part…