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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 AL OTRO LADO, INC., et al., Case No.: 17-cv-02366-BAS-KSC 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER: 10 v. (1) GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION CHAD F. WOLF, et al., [ECF No. 390]; 12 Defendants. (2) DENYING AS MOOT DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO STRIKE [ECF No. 411, 425];

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15 (3) TERMINATING AS MOOT THE PARTIES’ MOTION TO SEAL [ECF No. 432] 17 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (“Motion”). (ECF No. 390.) Plaintiffs request that the Court certify a class of all noncitizens who seek or will seek to access the U.S. asylum process by presenting themselves at a Class A port of entry (“POE”) on the U.S.-Mexico border, and were or will be denied access to the U.S. asylum process by or at the instruction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) officials on or after January 1, 2016. Plaintiffs further request that the Court certify a subclass of 24 …