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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 Defendant 8 9 10 11 12 ANTONIO TORRES-FELIX, ROSALINDA TORRES, and 13 EDGAR ANTONIO TORRES, 14 15 v. Plaintiffs, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 07-4827 SI PARTIES' JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM FORMAL ADR PROCESS and [PROPOSED] ORDER 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-7124 FAX: (415) 436-7169
16 ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration 17 Services; 18 19 20 Defendant.
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
26 mandamus action is limited to Plaintiffs' request that this Court compel the defendant to 27 adjudicate their applications for adjustment of status. Given the substance of the action and the 28 lack of any potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply the proceedings and Parties' Request to be Exempt from ADR C07-4827 SI 1
Case 3:07-cv-04827-SI
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1 unnecessarily tax court resources. 2 Accordingly, pursuant to ADR L.R. 3-3(c), the parties request the case be removed from the
3 ADR Multi-Option Program and that they be excused from participating in the ADR phone 4 conference and any further formal ADR process. 5 Dated: December 14, 2007 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dated: December 14, 2007 13 14 15 ORDER 16 Pursuant to stipulation and to ADR L. R. 3-3(c), the parties are hereby removed from the 17 ADR Multi-Option Program and are excused from participating in the ADR phone conference and 18 any further formal ADR process. 19 20 Date: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Parties' Request to be Exempt from ADR C07-4827 SI 2 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge /s/ JONATHAN M. KAUFMAN Attorney for Plaintiffs /s/ ILA C. DEISS Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendant Respectfully submitted, SCOTT N. SCHOOLS United States Attorney