Awad v. U.S. Department of State

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ) MOHSEN SALEH AWAD, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 19 C 10 ) v. ) Judge Virginia M. Kendall ) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Plaintiff in this case previously held a United States passport in the name of Mohsen Saleh Awad. That, he says, is his name. But the Department of State believes otherwise. In 2012, at a United States Consulate in Yemen, Awad’s daughter signed a statement attesting that Mohsen Saleh Awad was a fake name that the Plaintiff had used to immigrate to the…