EMAMI v. MAYORKAS

Case No. 18-cv-01587-JD, Case No. 18-cv-07818-JD.

725 F.Supp.3d 1046 (2024)

Farangis EMAMI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alejandro MAYORKAS, et al., Defendants. Pars Equality Center, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Antony Blinken, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed March 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christopher Godshall-Bennett, Pro Hac Vice, Golnaz Fakhimi, Pro Hac Vice, Reem Subei, Pro Hac Vice, Muslim Advocates, Washington, DC, John A. Freedman, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Eric Ricoh Evans, Hessam Gharaviram, Nimra Syed, Perkins Coie LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Naomi Ruth Tsu, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Atlanta, GA, Upjeet Cheema, Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Veronica Sustic, Shabnam Lotfi, Lotfi Legal LLC, Madison, WI, Luis Alberto Cortes Romero, Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center, PLLC, Kent, WA, for Plaintiff Farangis Emami in No. 18-cv-01587.

Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christopher Godshall-Bennett, Pro Hac Vice, Golnaz Fakhimi, Pro Hac Vice, Reem Subei, Pro Hac Vice, Muslim Advocates, Washington, DC, John A. Freedman, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Eric Ricoh Evans, Perkins Coie LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Naomi Ruth Tsu, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Atlanta, GA, Veronica Sustic, Shabnam Lotfi, Lotfi Legal LLC, Madison, WI, Luis Alberto Cortes Romero, Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center, PLLC, Kent, WA, for Plaintiffs Behnaz Malekghaeini, Fathollah Tolou Beydokhti, Maryam Mozafari, Hoda Mehrabi Mohammed Abadi, Mitra Farnoodian-Tedrick, Afrooz Kharazmi, Tannaz Toloubeydokhti, Mandi Afshar Arjmand, Roghayeh Azizikoutenaei, Behnam Babalou, Ehsan Heidaryan, Bamshad Azizi, Afshan Alamshah Zadeh, Bahram Charkhtab Tabrizi, Maral Charkhtab Tabrizi, Hojjatollah Azizikoutenaei, Nastaran Hajiheydari, Zahra Rouzbehani, Najmeh Maharlouei, Farajollah Farnoudian, Clyde Jean Tedrick, II, Mohammad Mehdi Mozaffary, Mohamad Hamami, Najib Adi, Malik Almathil in No. 18-cv-01587.

Luis A. Romero, Lopez and Romero APC, New York, NY, Shabnam Lotfi, Veronica Sustic, Lotfi Legal LLC, Madison, WI, Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Christopher Godshall-Bennett, Pro Hac Vice, Golnaz Fakhimi, Pro Hac Vice, Reem Subei, Pro Hac Vice, Muslim Advocates, Washington, DC, John A. Freedman, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Eric Ricoh Evans, Perkins Coie LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Naomi Ruth Tsu, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs Khalil Ali Nagi, Ismail Alghazali, Hezam Alarqaban, Abdurraouf Gseaa, Sudi Wardere, Khadija Aden in No. 18-cv-01587.

Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Golnaz Fakhimi, Pro Hac Vice, Reem Subei, Pro Hac Vice, Muslim Advocates, Washington, DC, Naomi Ruth Tsu, Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff Pars Equality Center in No. 18-cv-01587.

August Flentje, David Kim, Nicole Patrice Grant, Stacey Ilene Young, Jason Wisecup, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Samuel P. Go, Stephanie Elizabeth Gibbs, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants Kirstjen Nielsen, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Michael R. Pompeo, Kevin K. McAleenan, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, L. Francis Cissna, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in No. 18-cv-01587.

Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Caroline Patricia Marks, Hammad Arsalan Alam, Glenn Michael Katon, Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, CA, Darin M. Sands, Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP, Portland, OR, Jessica Walder, Dustin J. O'Quinn, Pro Hac Vice, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Brittney Rezaei, Pro Hac Vice, Zahra A. Billoo, Pro Hac Vice, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Santa Clara, CA, Esther Hsiao-In Sung, Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas Espiritu, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, John A. Freedman, Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua Stehlik, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Washington, DC, Kevin Lee Herrera, National Immigration Law Center, Chicago, IL, Max Samuel Wolson, Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff Pars Equality Center in No. 18-cv-07818.

Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Glenn Michael Katon, Hammad Arsalan Alam, Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, CA, Darin M. Sands, Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP, Portland, OR, Jessica Walder, Dustin J. O'Quinn, Pro Hac Vice, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Brittney Rezaei, Pro Hac Vice, Zahra A. Billoo, Pro Hac Vice, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Santa Clara, CA, Esther Hsiao-In Sung, Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas Espiritu, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, John A. Freedman, Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua Stehlik, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Washington, DC, Max Samuel Wolson, Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff Hossein Zamani Hosseinabadi in No. 18-cv-07818.

Daniel B. Asimow, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA, Babak G. Yousefzadeh, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, CA, Glenn Michael Katon, Hammad Arsalan Alam, Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, CA, Darin M. Sands, Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP, Portland, OR, Jessica Walder, Dustin J. O'Quinn, Pro Hac Vice, Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Brittney Rezaei, Pro Hac Vice, Zahra A. Billoo, Pro Hac Vice, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Santa Clara, CA, Esther Hsiao-In Sung, Pro Hac Vice, Nicholas Espiritu, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, CA, John A. Freedman, Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua Stehlik, Pro Hac Vice, National Immigration Law Center, Washington, DC, Kevin Lee Herrera, National Immigration Law Center, Chicago, IL, Max Samuel Wolson, Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiffs Jane Doe # 1 in No. 18-cv-07818.

David Kim, Nicole Patrice Grant, Jason Wisecup, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Gisela A. Westwater, Samuel P. Go, Stephanie Elizabeth Gibbs, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendant Mike Pompeo in No. 18-cv-07818.

David Kim, Nicole Patrice Grant, Stacey Ilene Young, Gisela A. Westwater, Jason Wisecup, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, — Washington, DC, Samuel P. Go, Stephanie Elizabeth Gibbs, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Defendants Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Kevin K. McAleenan, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Customs and Border Protection in No. 18-cv-07818.


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