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

Case 3:07-cv-02947-MEJ

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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 ILA C. DEISS, NY SBN 3052909 4 Assistant United States Attorney 5 6 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 9 10 11 12 JIAN JIN, 13 14 15 16 17 18 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ALBERTO GONZALES, United States Attorney ) General; et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) No. C 07-2947 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

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

19 Resolution Procedures in the Northern District of California," or the specified portions of the ADR 20 Unit's Internet site , discussed the available dispute resolution 21 options provided by the court and private entities, and considered whether this case might benefit 22 from any of them. 23 Here, the parties agree that referral to a formal ADR process will not be beneficial because this

24 mandamus action is limited to plaintiff's request that this Court compel defendants to adjudicate 25 his application for adjustment of status. Given the substance of the action and the lack of any 26 potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply the proceedings and unnecessarily tax 27 court resources. 28 Accordingly, pursuant to ADR L.R. 3-3(c), the parties request the case be removed from the Parties' Request to be Exempt from Formal ADR C07-2947 SC 1

Case 3:07-cv-02947-MEJ

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1 ADR Multi-Option Program and that they be excused from participating in the ADR phone 2 conference and any further formal ADR process. 3 Dated: August 31, 2007 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dated: August 30, 2007 11 12 13 ORDER 14 Pursuant to stipulation and to ADR L. R. 3-3(c), the parties are hereby removed from the 15 ADR Multi-Option Program and are excused from participating in the ADR phone conference and 16 any further formal ADR process. 17 SO ORDERED. 18 19 Date: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Parties' Request to be Exempt from Formal ADR C07-2947 SC 2 SAMUEL CONTI United States District Judge /s/ YEVGENIY CHECHENIN Attorney for Plaintiff /s/ ILA C. DEISS Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendants Respectfully submitted, SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney