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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Parties’ Request to be Exempt from ADR Process

C 07-5251 SI 1

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SC SBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6915

FAX: (415) 436-6927

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ZHIGANG BAI and JINGXU ZHAO, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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EMILIO T. GONZALEZ, Director of the United )

States Citizenship and Immigration Services; )

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND )

IMMIGRATION SERVICES; MICHAEL )

CHERTOFF, Secretary of the Department of )

Homeland Security; PETER D. KEISLER, )

Acting United States Attorney General; )

ROBERT MUELLER, Director of the Federal )

Bureau of Investigations; and FEDERAL )

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, )

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Defendants. )

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No. C 07-5251 SI

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

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

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the applications for adjustment of status. 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: January 2, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

EDWARD A. OLSEN

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: December 27, 2007 /s/ 

AUDRA R. BEHNÉ

Attorney for Plaintiffs

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation and to ADR L. R. 3-3(c), the parties are hereby removed from the ADR

Multi-Option Program and are excused from participating in the ADR phone conference and any

further formal ADR process.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: ___________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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