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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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ADR CERTIFICATION

No. C 07-3653 SBA 1

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

OAKLAND DIVISION

LIYONG LI and XIAOMING WANG,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security;

EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director of U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services;

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, Director of

Federal Bureau of Investigation;

CHRISTINA POULOS, Regional Director

of California Service Center, U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services;

PETER D. KEISLER, United States

Attorney General, 

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No. C 07-3653 SBA

JOINT 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

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

benefit from any of them. 

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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

No. C 07-3653 SBA 2

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

this action is limited to Plaintiffs’ request for a hearing on their naturalization applications. 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 6, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: November 5, 2007 /s/ 

LIYONG LI

Pro Se

_______/s/______________

XIAOMING WANG

Pro Se

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date:12/24/07 

SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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ADR CERTIFICATION

No. C 07-3653 SBA 3

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LU et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CHERTOFF et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04221 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on January 7, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Qiang Lu

3 Dory Lane

Foster City, CA 94404

Dated: January 7, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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