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

Case 5:07-cv-04984-RS

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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 9 10 11 12 IRVIN K. YEE, and LIYA YANG, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the 16 Department of Homeland Security; ROBERT S. MUELLER, Director of Federal 17 Bureau of Investigation, 18 19 20 /// 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// CONSENT C07-4984 RS 1 Defendants ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION ) ) No. C 07-4984 RS ) ) ) CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A ) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-6730 FAX: (415) 436-6927

Case 5:07-cv-04984-RS

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

2 Defendants hereby voluntarily consent to have a United States Magistrate Judge conduct any and all 3 further proceedings in the case, including trial, and order the entry of a final judgment. Appeal from 4 the judgment shall be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 5 6 Dated: November 29, 2007 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Dated: November 29, 2007 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CONSENT C07-4984 RS 2 /s/ JUSTIN X. WANG Attorney for Plaintiffs /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendants Respectfully submitted, SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney