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)

DECLARATION OF
SOMAYE
DADGARI

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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10 STATE OF WASHINGTON, and
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
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Plaintiffs,
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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-cv-00141-JLR

v.
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DONALD TRUMP, in his official
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States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
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KELLY, in his official capacity as
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Homeland Security; REX W.
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as Secretary of State; and the UNITED
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DECLARATION OF SOMAYE
DADGAR!

Defendants.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746(2), I, Somaye Dadgari, hereby declare as follows:
1. I am over the age of eighteen and competent to testifY herein.
2. I am a resident of Washington State.
3. I am lawful permanent resident of the United States with a green card.
4. My 2-year-old niece has been suffering from a rare and deadly disease called Niemam'lPick Disease Type C (NPC) since she was born. She was diagnosed with NPC about a
year and half ago and since then, her mother (my sister), her dad (who is a medical
doctor himself) and I have been searching for possible treatments for her. Except for
very few clinical trials, there are no known cures for NPC.

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DECLARATION OF SOMA YE DADGAR!

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON
800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, W A 98104-3188
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5. After months of research, we found out that a clinical trial was being conducted at
Oakland Children's Hospital. Since then, we have been in touch with Dr. Caroline
Hastings in that hospital. She graciously helped us enroll my niece into the clinical trial.
Since my sister and her family are residents of Iran, they needed to apply for a visa in
order to enter the US for the clinical trial. Dr. Hastings provided them with a letter to
apply for their visa. My sister and her two daughters received their visas and are have
traveled to the United States for the trial.
6. My sister and my nieces' visa is set to expire on March 24th and the clinical trial is set
to start on March 14th. However, for the hospital to admit my niece, they require that
my sister extends the visa; otherwise they would not be able to admit her child. Even
though my sister submitted her application to extend the visa a month ago, she still has
not heard back from the immigration office. If the visa is not extended, my sister and
my niece have no choice but to go back to Iran. Given the uncertainty regarding the
changes in the US travel and immigration laws, we are not sure if they will ever get a
chance to come to the US for treatment of my niece. This is devastating news for all of
us since it potentially means we may lose my niece.
7. In addition, my niece's father is still in the background check process and after 7
months from the interview, his visa has not been cleared yet. Taking care of a seriously
ill child while being separated from her husband has been extremely hard for my sister
so far.
8. We all are seriously concerned about the life of my niece as well as the well-being of
the rest ofthe family. This is an extremely dire situation for all of us.

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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Executed on this {l. day ofMarch, 2017

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON
800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, WA 98104-3188
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