Free Order - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04350-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 Respondents 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Each of the undersigned certifies that he or she has read either the handbook entitled "Dispute ) ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) Department of Homeland Security, MICHAEL ) CHERTOFF, Secretary; United States ) Citizenship and Immigration Services, EMILIO ) T. GONZALEZ, Director; United States ) Citizenship and Immigration Services, ) ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District Director; ) U.S. Attorney General, ALBERTO GONZALES; ) Federal Bureau of Investigation, ROBERT S. ) MUELLER, III, Director, ) ) Respondents. ) ________________________________________) LYUBOV MOROZOVA, No. C 07-4350 CRB 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6730 FAX: (415) 436-6927

FORMAL REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM ADR PROCESS; PROPOSED ORDER

23 Resolution Procedures in the Northern District of California," or the specified portions of the ADR 24 Unit's Internet site , discussed the available dispute resolution options 25 provided by the court and private entities, and considered whether this case might benefit from any of 26 them. 27 Here, the parties agree that referral to a formal ADR process will not be beneficial because this

28 mandamus action is limited to Petitioner's request for relief pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(b). Given the
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1 substance of the action and the lack of any potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply 2 the proceedings and unnecessarily tax court resources. Accordingly, pursuant to ADR L.R. 3-3(c), 3 the parties request the case be removed from the ADR Multi-Option Program and that they be excused 4 from participating in the ADR phone conference and any further formal ADR process. 5 Dated: November 16, 2007 6 7 8 9 10 11 Dated: November 16, 2007 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I, Melanie L. Proctor, hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a "conformed" signature (/S/) within this efiled document.
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Respectfully submitted, SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR1 Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Respondents

/s/ CARRIE ROSENBAUM Attorney for Petitioner ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: November 20, 2007

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