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AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES v. BLINKEN

Civil Action No. 18-cv-1388 (TSC).

643 F.Supp.3d 148 (2022)

AFGHAN AND IRAQI ALLIES UNDER SERIOUS THREAT BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITHFUL SERVICE TO the UNITED STATES, on Their Own and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Antony J. BLINKEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed November 30, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexandra Zaretsky , Deepa Alagesan , Geroline A. Castillo , Mariko Hirose , Kathryn S. Austin , International Refugee Assistance Project, New York, NY, David Yury Livshiz , Linda H. Martin , Olivia P. Greene , Pro Hac Vice, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Justin C. Simeone , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Melissa S. Keaney , International Refugee Assistance Project, Fair Oaks, CA, Mia Tsui , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer U.S. LLP, Redwood City, CA, for Plaintiff Afghan and Iraqi Allies.

Thomas J. Dao , Law Office of Thomas J. Dao, El Cajon, CA, for Plaintiffs Abdul K. Najib, Mohammad I. Amiry.

Ruth Ann Mueller , Sean Lynden King , U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Steven A. Platt , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Vaughn De La Vega Spencer , Yamileth G. Davila , DOJ-CIV, Oil-Des, Washington, DC, William M. Martin , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants Carl C. Risch , United States Department of State, Kirstjen M. Nielsen , L. Francis Cissna , Donald Neufeld , Department of Homeland Security, Antony Blinken.

Victoria Elizabeth Tureios , DOJ-CIV, Washington, DC, for Defendants John Johnson, Rena Bitter.

Evan A. Young , The Supreme Court of Texas, Austin, TX, for Amicus Ryan C. Crocker.

James M. Koukios , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Afghan-American Foundation.

Christopher Westley Dempsey , Dempsey Law, PLLC, Jacksonville, FL, for Amici Association of Wartime Allies, Veterans For American Ideals.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiffs are a class of Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) applicants whose applications have been pending for more than nine months despite Congress's instruction that they should be processed within that time. In a 2019 Order, the...

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