Free Consent to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-03800-JL

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1 SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SC SBN 9990 United States Attorney 2 JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143 Assistant United States Attorney 3 Chief, Civil Division MELANIE L. PROCTOR, CSBN 228971 4 Assistant United States Attorney 5 6 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 ) ) No. C 07-3800 JL Plaintiff, ) ) 13 v. ) ) CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department ) JURISDICTION 15 of Homeland Security; EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, ) Director, United States Citizenship and ) 16 Immigration Services; ALBERTO GONZALES, ) Attorney General; DAVID ROARK, Director, ) 17 Texas Service Center, United States Citizenship ) and Immigration Services; and ROBERT ) ) 18 MUELLER, Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, ) ) 19 Defendants ) 20 ) 12 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// Consent to Magistrate Jurisdiction C07-3800 JL 1 XI ZHAO, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6730 FAX: (415) 436-6927

Case 3:07-cv-03800-JL

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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, Defendants

2 hereby voluntarily consent to have a United States Magistrate Judge conduct any and all further 3 proceedings in the case, including trial, and order the entry of a final judgment. Appeal from the 4 judgment shall be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 5 Dated: September 20, 2007 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Consent to Magistrate Jurisdiction C07-3800 JL 2 /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendants Respectfully submitted, SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney