Blinken

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RASHA MUZAHEM ALWAN AL Case No. 23-cv-718-MMA-AHG

SALIHI,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

Plaintiff, MOTION TO DISMISS v. [Doc. No. 20] ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Secretary of 15 State, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 On August 21, 2023, Plaintiff Rasha Muzahem Alwan Al Salihi (“Plaintiff”) filed a First Amended Complaint against Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter, Secretary of State of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ur Jaddou (collectively, “Defendants”), seeking to have her family reunification application adjudicated. See Doc. No. 17 (“FAC”). On September 5, 2023, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint. See Doc. No. 20. Plaintiff filed an opposition, to which Defendants replied. See Doc. Nos. 23, 24. The Court took the motion under submission…