Bahiraei v. Blinken et al
Plaintiff: Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie and Saeed Amini
Defendant: Anthony J Blinken, Charg dAffaires Jeffrey M Hovenier, UR M JADDOU, Secretary of the DHS ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS, Antony J. Blinken, Jeffrey M Hovenier, Ur Jaddou, Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Scott Oudkirk, Sean Murphy and Chip Laitinen
Case Number: 1:2022cv07360
Filed: December 30, 2022
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: Joan H Lefkow
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 2201 Declaratory Judgement
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 22, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: Motion hearing held. As stated on the record, the motion for evidentiary hearing #19 is denied without prejudice. Mailed notice (ags)
February 21, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 24 RESPONSE by Antony J. Blinken, Jeffrey M Hovenier, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Servicesin Opposition to MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie for hearing re MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie to certify class #8 , MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie f #19 (Turcios, Victoria)
February 16, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services by Alexander James Halaska (Halaska, Alexander)
February 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 22 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services by David J. Byerley (Byerley, David)
February 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 21 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: Minute entry #18 is amended to reflect that the reply to motion to dismiss is due 4/24/2023. Mailed notice (ags)
February 14, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 20 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: A motion hearing is set regarding the motion for evidentiary hearing #19 for 2/22/2023 at 9:45 a.m. in courtroom 2201. Mailed notice (ags)
February 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 19 MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie for hearing re MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie to certify class #8 , MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie for temporary restraining order #12 , order on motion to set a briefing schedule,,,, terminate hearings,,, #18 Motion for Evidentiary Hearing (Kameli, Taher)
February 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 18 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: Motion to set a briefing schedule #16 is granted. Defendants' combined motion to dismiss and opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order #12 (30-page limit) is due by 3/16/2023. Defendants' opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class certification #8 (20-page limit) is due by 3/16/2023. Plaintiffs' combined reply in support of their motion for atemporary restraining order #12 and response to Defendants' motion to dismiss (30-page limit) is due by 4/10/2023. Plaintiffs' reply in support of their motion for class certification #8 (20-page limit) is due by 4/10/2023. Defendants' reply in support of their motion to dismiss (20-page limit) is due by 4/14/2023. Motion hearing date is stricken. Status hearing date set for 3/8/2023 is stricken. Mailed notice (ags)
February 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services by Victoria Elizabeth Turcios (Turcios, Victoria)
February 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 16 MOTION by Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Jeffrey M Hovenier, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to set a briefing schedule Agreed Motion to Set Briefing Schedule and to Expand Page Limits (Treacy, Elizabeth)
February 10, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 15 MEMORANDUM by Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie in support of motion for temporary restraining order #12 (Kameli, Taher)
February 9, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 14 NOTICE of Motion by Taher Kameli for presentment of motion to certify class #8 , motion for temporary restraining order #12 before Honorable Joan H. Lefkow on 2/15/2023 at 09:30 AM. (Kameli, Taher)
February 9, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 13 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie regarding MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie for temporary restraining order #12 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 2, #2 Exhibit Exhibit 3)(Kameli, Taher)
February 9, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 12 MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie for temporary restraining order (Kameli, Taher)
February 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 11 DESIGNATION of Elizabeth Inez Treacy as U.S. Attorney for Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (Treacy, Elizabeth)
February 1, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 DESIGNATION of Craig Arthur Oswald as U.S. Attorney for Defendants Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (Oswald, Craig)
January 26, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 9 Memorandum in support of Motion for Class Certification by Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie (Kameli, Taher)
January 26, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 8 MOTION by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie to certify class (Kameli, Taher)
January 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 7 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiffs Saeed Amini, Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie regarding amended complaint, #6 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 4, #2 Exhibit Exhibit 5, #3 Exhibit Exhibit 6, #4 Exhibit Exhibit 7, #5 Exhibit Exhibit 8, #6 Exhibit Exhibit 9, #7 Exhibit Exhibit 10, #8 Exhibit Exhibit 11, #9 Exhibit Exhibit 12, #10 Exhibit Exhibit 13, #11 Exhibit Exhibit 14, #12 Exhibit Exhibit 15, #13 Exhibit Exhibit 16, #14 Exhibit Exhibit 17, #15 Exhibit Exhibit 18, #16 Exhibit Exhibit 19, #17 Exhibit Exhibit 20, #18 Exhibit Exhibit 21, #19 Exhibit Exhibit 22, #20 Exhibit Exhibit 23, #21 Exhibit Exhibit 24, #22 Exhibit Exhibit 25, #23 Exhibit Exhibit 26, #24 Exhibit Exhibit 27, #25 Exhibit Exhibit 28, #26 Exhibit Exhibit 29, #27 Exhibit Exhibit 30, #28 Exhibit Exhibit 31, #29 Exhibit Exhibit 32, #30 Exhibit Exhibit 33)(Kameli, Taher)
January 19, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 6 First AMENDED complaint by Afshin Bahiraei, Peyman Haghgooie, Saeed Amini against All Defendants and terminating Jeffrey M Hovenier (in his official capacity as the Charge d' Affaires at the United States Embassy Ankara, Turkey) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit Exhibit 3)(Kameli, Taher)
January 19, 2023 Opinion or Order SUMMONS Issued as to Antony J. Blinken, Ur Jaddou, Chip Laitinen, Alejandro Mayorkas, Sean Murphy, Scott Oudkirk, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Attorney General (smb, )
January 6, 2023 Opinion or Order SUMMONS Issued as to Ur Jaddou, U.S. Attorney, and U.S. Attorney General (mbh, )
January 6, 2023 Opinion or Order SUMMONS Issued as to Antony J. Blinken, Jeffrey M Hovenier, Alejandro Mayorkas, and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (kra, )
January 4, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 5 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: Initial status hearing is set for 3/8/2023 at 9:30 a.m. in courtroom 2201. Mailed notice (ags)
January 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 4 SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff Afshin Bahiraei regarding complaint, #1 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 4 Military Record, #2 Exhibit Exhibit 6 Masters Degree, #3 Exhibit Exhibit 7 Baptism, #4 Exhibit Exhibit 8 Turkey ID Card, #5 Exhibit Exhibit 9 Marriage Cert., #6 Exhibit Exhibit 10 Child Birth Cert., #7 Exhibit Exhibit 11 I-797, #8 Exhibit Exhibit 12 DS260 Submission, #9 Exhibit Exhibit 13 Gmail Immigration Interview Appt., #10 Exhibit Exhibit 14 DS260_NVC Completion 12.13.2021, #11 Exhibit Exhibit 15 Admin Proc. Rejection Notice, #12 Exhibit Exhibit 16 Final Rejection Notice, #13 Exhibit Exhibit 18 Consulate Response)(Kameli, Taher)
January 3, 2023 Opinion or Order CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Susan E. Cox. Case assignment: Random assignment. (emc, )
January 3, 2023 Opinion or Order CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached #Consent To# form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (emc, )
December 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Afshin Bahiraei by Taher Kameli (Kameli, Taher)
December 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Kameli, Taher)
December 30, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Afshin Bahiraei; Filing fee $ 402, receipt number AILNDC-20192769. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Exhibit 1 Notice of Determination 37523, #2 Exhibit Exhibit 2 Feb 4 2014 Fed. Reg, #3 Exhibit Exhibit 3 FTO list, #4 Exhibit Exhibit 17 Notice of Determination 37524)(Kameli, Taher)

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Plaintiff: Afshin Bahiraei
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