Zarrabian
Zarrabian v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOOMAN ZARRABIAN, et al., Case No.: 21-cv-1962-LAB-MDD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER:
v. 1) GRANTING MOTION TO UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP DISMISS, [Dkt. 11]; and
AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES,
15 et al., 2) DENYING MOTION FOR 16 Defendants. SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS MOOT, [Dkt. 10]. 18 Plaintiffs Hooman Zarrabian and Bahar Bandegan (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) are asylum seekers from Iran. After U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) denied their applications for adjustment of status, they brought this suit challenging that decision. They named the following Defendants: USCIS; Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security; and Terri Robinson, Director of the National Benefits Center. Plaintiffs moved for summary judgment and Defendants moved for cross-summary judgment and to dismiss the Complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Having considered the parties’ submissions and the relevant law, the Court…