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

Case 5:07-cv-02754-JF

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Filed 08/02/2007

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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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN JOSE DIVISION 11 ZHONG ZHANG, 12 JIE MA, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, Defendants 21 hereby voluntarily consent to have a United States Magistrate Judge conduct any and all further 22 proceedings in the case, including trial, and order the entry of a final judgment. Appeal from the 23 judgment shall be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 24 Dated: July 31, 2007 25 26 27 28 /s/ ILA C. DEISS Assistant United States Attorney SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney Respectfully submitted, ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director of the U.S. ) Citizenship and Immigration Services; ) ALBERTO R. GONZALES, as Attorney General ) of the United States; ) MICHAEL CHERTOFF, in his Official Capacity, ) Secretary, United States Department of Homeland) Security, ) ) Defendants. ) ) No. C 07-2754 RS 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-7124 FAX: (415) 436-7169

CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE