MUNOZ v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE (2025)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Sandra MUNOZ; Luis Ernesto Asencio-Cordero, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE; Antony J. Blinken, United States Secretary of State; Brendan O'Brien, United States Consul General, San Salvador, El Salvador, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 21-55365

Decided: October 14, 2025

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Kermit V. Lipez,* and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges.

Eric T. Lee (argued), Diamante Law Group APLC, Southfield, Michigan; Alan R. Diamante, Diamante Law Group APLC, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Joshua S. Press (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Michael A. Celone and Nicole N. Murley, Attorneys; William C. Silvis, Assistant Director; William C. Peachey, Director; Office of Immigration Litigation; Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

ORDER

Upon remand from the United States Supreme Court, Dep't of State v. Munoz, 602 U.S. 899, 144 S.Ct. 1812, 219 L.Ed.2d 507 (2024), we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees. This order shall constitute the mandate of the court.

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