Malek v. United States Department of State

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION SORAYA MALEK, ) Plaintiff, v. Case No. 23-cv-3261 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, et al., ) Defendants. OPINION COLLEEN R. LAWLESS, United States District Judge: Before the Court is Defendants’! Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction and Failure to State a Claim. I. BACKGROUND Soraya Malek is a United States Citizen who submitted an I-130 relative visa petition for her son, Amirhossein Shokrani, who is a citizen and resident of Iran. (Doc. 1 at 3). On May 28, 2015, Malek filed the petition…