Al Otro Lado, Inc. v. Mayorkas

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 AL OTRO LADO, INC., et al., Case No.: 23-cv-1367-AGS-BLM 4 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO 5 v. DISMISS (ECF 68) 6 Alejandro N. MAYORKAS, Secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 7 et al., 8 Defendants. 9 10 In this putative class action, plaintiffs accuse U.S. border officials of illegally turning 11 away asylum applicants who don’t schedule an appointment through a specific smartphone 12 application. The government denies any such policy exists and seeks dismissal. 13 BACKGROUND 14 In a…