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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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Parties’ Request to be Exempt from Formal ADR

C07-2991 MJJ 1

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SC SBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

ILA C. DEISS, NY SBN 3052909

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7124

FAX: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

EMILIO MORALES, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL CHERTOFF, as Secretary of the )

Department of Homeland Security; )

EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director of the )

U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services; )

ROBERT S. MULLER, Director of )

Federal Bureau of Investigation, )

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Defendants. )

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No. C 07-2991 MJJ

PARTIES’ JOINT REQUEST TO BE

EXEMPT FROM 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. Here, the parties agree that referral to a formal ADR process will not be

beneficial because this action is limited to plaintiff’s request that this Court compel defendants to

adjudicate the application for naturalization. Defendants have already requested the FBI expedite

the name check so that the application may be processed as soon as possible. Given the substance

of the action and the lack of any potential middle ground, ADR will only serve to multiply the

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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: September 24, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

ILA C. DEISS

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

Dated: September 24, 2007 /s/ 

TRICIA WANG

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

United States District Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Martin J. Jenkins

09/28/07

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