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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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28 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1), Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto

Gonzales, as the United States Attorney General.

ADR CERTIFICATION

C 07-3867 RS

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

MELANIE L. PROCTOR (CSBN 228971)

Melanie.Proctor@usdoj.gov

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6730

FAX: (415) 436-6927

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MEHDI YAHYANEJAD,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY,* Attorney

General of the United States, in his official

capacity; ROBERT S. MUELLER, Director

of FBI, in his official capacity; MICHAEL

CHERTOFF, Secretary of the Department of

Homeland Security, in his official capacity;

EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director of the 

United States Citizenship and Immigration

Services, in his official capacity; 

ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District Director

of the San Francisco Citizenship and

Immigration Services Office, in her official

capacity; FRANCIS D. SICILIANO,

Director of San Jose Field Office, in his

official capacity, 

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-3867 RS

REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE

FORMAL ADR PROCESS;

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

“Dispute Resolution Procedures in the Northern District of California,” or the specified portions of

the ADR Unit’s Internet site <www.adr.cand.uscourts.gov>, discussed the available dispute

*E-FILED 11/27/07*

ORDER

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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.

ADR CERTIFICATION

C 07-3867 RS 2

resolution options provided by the court and private entities, and considered whether this case might

benefit from any of them. 

Here, the parties agree that referral to a formal ADR process will not be beneficial because

this mandamus action is limited to Plaintiffs’ request that this Court compel Defendants to

adjudicate an application for an immigration benefit. Given the substance of the action and the lack

of any potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply the proceedings and unnecessarily

tax court resources. Accordingly, pursuant to ADR L.R. 3-3(c), the parties request the case be

removed from the ADR Multi-Option Program and that they be excused from participating in the

ADR phone conference and any further formal ADR process.

Dated: November 26, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: November 26, 2007 /s/ 

THEODORE C. CHEN

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States Magistrate Judge

11/27/07

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