Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CRISTIAN DOE, DIANA DOE, Case No.: 19-cv-2119-DMS (AGS)

Petitioners-Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. CLASS CERTIFICATION CHAD F. WOLF, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security; et al., 15 Respondents-Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court is Petitioners’ motion for class certification. Petitioners, on behalf of themselves and putative class members, allege Respondents have a practice or policy of prohibiting asylum seekers access to retained counsel prior to and during non- refoulement interviews. Petitioners seek to certify a class of similarly situated individuals for whom injunctive relief can be entered allowing for such access to retained counsel. On November 12, 2019, the Court granted Petitioners’ motion for temporary restraining order (“TRO”) and ordered Respondents to allow Petitioners access to their retained counsel prior to and during their non-refoulement interviews. Doe v. McAleenan, --- F. Supp. 3d…