Milligan v. Pompeo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DANIEL MILLIGAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 20-2631 (JEB) MICHAEL POMPEO, Secretary of State, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case features “pair[s] of star-crossed lovers” on whose lives, like Romeo and Juliet’s, a plague has wreaked havoc. In that tragedy, news of Juliet’s ruse never reaches Romeo because an “infectious pestilence” forces a quarantine that blocks the message’s delivery. Here, similarly, COVID-19 has kept apart our Plaintiffs — 153 U.S. citizens and their foreign-born fiancé(e)s. Each of these…