State of Washington, et al., v. Trump., et al

Filing 118

Second MOTION to Amend Complaint, filed by Plaintiff State of Washington. (Attachments: # 1 Complaint Second Amended, # 2 Exhibit Exhibits to Second Amended Complaint, # 3 Index of Declarations, # 4 Decl. of R. Althaibani, # 5 Decl. of S. Amin, # 6 Decl. of B. Callaghan, # 7 Decl. of S. Dadgari, # 8 Decl. of A. Elfgeeh, # 9 Decl. of N. Fallah, # 10 Decl. of H. Ghasemzadeh, # 11 Decl. of E. Hassett, # 12 Decl. of A. Mubarez, # 13 Decl. of S. Parsian, # 14 Decl. of Z. Rasouli, # 15 Decl. of A. Shayegan, # 16 Decl. of J. Sime, # 17 Decl. of R. Branon, # 18 Decl. of A. Chaudhry, # 19 Decl. of D. Eaton, # 20 Decl. of D. Heatwole, # 21 Decl. of S. Hemmati, # 22 Decl. of R. Lewin, # 23 Decl. of A. Mehrizi-Sani, # 24 Decl. of V. Rabinowitz, # 25 Decl. of J. Riedinger, # 26 Decl. of V. Shah, # 27 Decl. of J. Wasserheit, # 28 Decl. of J. Wasserheit, # 29 Decl. of J. Wood, # 30 Decl. of N. Zimpher, # 31 Decl. of S. Buell, # 32 Decl. of R. Fullerton, # 33 Decl. of P. Johnson, # 34 Decl. of A. Lavine, # 35 Decl. of D. Pashman, # 36 Decl. of M. Rosenn, # 37 Decl. of M. Saunders, # 38 Decl. of J. Simeone, # 39 Decl. of D. Soike, # 40 Decl. of S. Topiwala, # 41 Decl. of J. Truppman, # 42 Decl. of R. Zawaideh, # 43 Decl. of M. Akhtari, # 44 Decl. of M. de Leon, # 45 Decl. of R. Eskandari, # 46 Decl. of T. Johnson, # 47 Decl. of E. Scherzer, # 48 Decl. of W. Berkovitz, # 49 Decl. of D. Duea, # 50 Decl. of L. Warren, # 51 Proposed Order) Noting Date 3/31/2017, (Melody, Colleen)

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DECLARATION OF SAJJAD TOPIWALA 1 2 The Honorable James Robart 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 10 STATE OF WASHINGTON and STATE OF MINNESOTA, 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. 13 DONALD TRUMP, in his official 14 capacity as President of the United States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 15 HOMELAND SECURITY; JOHN F. KELLY, in his official capacity as 16 Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; TOM SHANNON, 17 in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of State; and the UNITED 18 STATES OF AMERICA, 19 CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-cv-00141-JLR DECLARATION OF SAJJAD TOPIWALA Defendants. 20 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746(2), I, SAJJAD TOPIWALA, hereby declare as follows: 21 1. I am over the age of 18 and competent to be a witness. I am a resident of the State of 22 Washington. 23 2. I am the Treasurer of Noor360, Inc. 24 3. Noor360 is a travel company that arranges pilgrimages to Iraq. For the Shiite people of 25 Islam, the pilgrimage is meant to pay our respect to the grandson of the prophet of 26 DECLARATION OF SAJJAD TOPIWALA 1 Mohamad. On the trip, Noor360 arranges visits to approximately seven to eight shrines 2 located in Najaf, Karbala, and other cities in Iraq. 3 4. In 2015 and 2016, Noor360 arranged trips for approximately fifty people each year taking 4 pilgrimages to Iraq. At the time the Executive Order issued on January 27, 2017, Noor360 5 was accepting registration for the 2017 trip, which was planned to depart on March 31, 6 2017. 7 5. At the time the Executive Order issued, the company had more than twenty people signed 8 up for the trip leaving on March 31, 2017. As far as I know, the people who had signed up 9 were U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents from Pakistan and India. 10 6. When the Executive Order issued, however, many people were afraid to leave the United 11 States and cancelled their registration. So many people cancelled their registration that our 12 company had to cancel the trip altogether. 13 7. At the time the Executive Order issued, the company had purchased four non-refundable 14 tickets for its management. I was planning to take the March 31, 2017, trip as a manager. 15 Many of the people signed up for the trip had also purchased their ticket. Each ticket cost 16 approximately $1,200. 17 8. As I stated above, Noor360 is a company that arranges pilgrimages to Iraq. The 18 President’s Executive Order prevented at least 20 Muslims from traveling to conduct their 19 religious pilgrimage and has prevented them and me of Noor360 from practicing our faith. 20 9. In addition, by forcing Noor360 to cancel our pilgrimage to Iraq, the Executive Order has 21 also had a significant negative financial impact on Noor360, as Noor360 had already paid 22 for the trips of its managers and lost money it anticipated from the March 2017 23 pilgrimage. 24 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 25 26 DECLARATION OF SAJJAD TOPIWALA

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