Emami

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 FARANGIS EMAMI, et al., Case No. 18-cv-01587-JD

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE CLASS CERTIFICATION

v. 9

10 ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, et al., Defendants. 11

12 PARS EQUALITY CENTER, et al., Case No. 18-cv-07818-JD

13 Plaintiffs,

v. 14

15 ANTONY BLINKEN, et al., Defendants. 16

17 18 This long-running immigration case concerns Presidential Proclamation 9645 signed by 19 former President Trump, which sharply curtailed, and in some cases completely suspended, entry 20 into the United States by nationals of eight countries: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, 21 Venezuela, Yemen and Somalia. See Dkt. No. 74 (order re motion to dismiss). Section 3(c) of the 22 Proclamation established a program that would allow consular officers and others to grant waivers 23 from the entry restrictions “on a case-by-case basis.” Id. at 2. (citing 82 Fed. Reg. 45161, 45168 24 (2017)). The named plaintiffs and putative class members are United States citizens, and lawful 25 permanent residents and foreign nationals…