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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

C 07-5219 JCS 1

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SC SBN 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) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

PADAM GIRI, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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ROBERT MUELLER, III, Director, Federal )

Bureau of Investigation; EMILIO )

GONZALES, Director, U.S. Citizenship and )

Immigration Services; MICHAEL )

CHERTOFF, Secretary, Department of )

Homeland Security; MICHAEL B. )

MUKASEY, Attorney General, Department )

of Justice; TERRY RICE, San Francisco )

Field Office Director, USCIS; EMILIA )

BARDINI, Director, Asylum Office, San )

Francisco, )

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Defendants. )

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No. C 07-5219 JCS

JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT

FROM FORMAL ADR PROCESS;

PROPOSED ORDER

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

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 I, Melanie Proctor, hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any 1

signatures indicated by a “conformed” signature (/S/) within this efiled document.

ADR Certification

C 07-5219 JCS 2

adjudicate his application for asylum. 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: December 28, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: December 21, 2007 _________/s/_________________

BEN LOVEMAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ____________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

United States Magistrate Judge

Jan. 7, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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