Jaddou
Impossible Foods Inc. v. Jaddou
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IMPOSSIBLE FOODS INC., Case No. 23-cv-02720-DMR
10 Plaintiff, ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION 11 v. TO DISMISS
12 UR MENDOZA JADDOU, Re: Dkt. No. 12 13 Defendant.
14 Defendant Ur M. Jaddou, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, 15 moves pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) to dismiss Plaintiff Impossible Foods 16 Inc.’s first claim for relief. [Docket No. 12.] This matter is suitable for determination without oral 17 argument. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, Defendant’s motion is granted. 18 I. BACKGROUND 19 A. Plaintiff’s Allegations 20 In April 2022, Plaintiff Impossible Foods Inc. filed an I-140 petition to classify its 21 employee, Seshadri Gowrishankar, as an “outstanding professor or researcher” for purposes of an 22 immigrant visa petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1)(B)(i). [Docket No. 3 (Compl.) ¶ 16.] 23 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services…