Free ADR Certification (ADR L.R. 3-5 b)of discussion of ADR options - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-02207-JCS

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1 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO, CSBN 44332 United States Attorney 2 JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143 Assistant United States Attorney 3 Chief, Civil Division ILA C. DEISS, NY SBN 3052909 4 Assistant United States Attorney 5 6 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 9 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 08-2207 SC PARTIES' JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM FORMAL ADR PROCESS 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-7124 FAX: (415) 436-7169

12 KAMALDEEP SAHOTA, MAJIT MEHMI, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 MICHAEL MUKASEY, Attorney General 16 of the United States; SCOTT BLACKMAN, Acting Regional Director 17 of U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services California Service Center, 18 Defendants. 19 20

Each of the undersigned certifies that he or she has read either the handbook entitled "Dispute

21 Resolution Procedures in the Northern District of California," or the specified portions of the ADR 22 Unit's Internet site , discussed the available dispute resolution 23 options provided by the court and private entities, and considered whether this case might benefit 24 from any of them. 25 Here, the parties agree that referral to a formal ADR process will not be beneficial because this

26 mandamus action is limited to Plaintiff Sahota's request that this Court compel Defendants to 27 adjudicate the petition for alien relative. Given the substance of the action and the lack of any 28 potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply the proceedings and unnecessarily tax Parties' Request to be Exempt from ADR C08-2207 SC 1

Case 3:08-cv-02207-JCS

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1 court resources. Accordingly, pursuant to ADR L.R. 3-3(c), the parties request the case be 2 removed from the ADR Multi-Option Program and that they be excused from participating in the 3 ADR phone conference and any further formal ADR process. 4 Dated: July 22, 2008 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dated: July 22, 2008 12 13 14 ORDER 15 Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 18 Date: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Parties' Request to be Exempt from ADR C08-2207 SC 2 SAMUEL CONTI United States District Judge /s/ FRANK P. SPROULS Attorney for Plaintiffs /s/ ILA C. DEISS Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendants Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney