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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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TONY WEST

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Division

JOSHUA E.T. BRAUNSTEIN

Assistant Director

LANA L. VAHAB (DC 497145)

Trial Attorney

Office of Immigration Litigation

Civil Division, Justice Department

P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Tel: (202) 532-4067

Fax: (202) 305-7000

E-mail: lana.vahab@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TATIANA FRIDERICI ) Case No. C 4:09-CV-04170-SBA

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) PARTIES JOINT REQUEST TO 

 Plaintiff, ) BE EXEMPT FROM FORMAL 

) ADR PROCESS; AND [PROPOSED]

vs. ) ORDER

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JANET NAPOLITANO; ROSEMARY )

MELVILLE; ROBIN BARRETT; and )

ERIC H. HOLDER, Jr. ) ) ) )

Defendants. )

____________________________________)

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

JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM ADR

Case No. C 09-cv-04710

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because this action is brought under the Administrative Record Act and therefore the resolution

of this matter will be based on the administrative record. In this action, Plaintiff asks the Court

to reverse the revocation of her husband’s marriage-based visa. As such, given the nature of the

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

proceedings and unncessarily use 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. If any party subsequently determines that

submission to the formal ADR process would be beneficial to the efficient resolution of this

matter, the parties agree to consider whether to submit to the Court’s ADR program at that time.

Dated: May 20, 2010 Respectfully submitted 

 /s/ 

Lana L. Vahab 

Trial Attorney

Office of Immigration Litigation

Civil Division, Justice Department

P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Tel: (202) 532-4067

Fax: (202) 305-7000

E-mail: lana.vahab@usdoj.gov

 /s/ 

Teresa Salazar-Cosmos 

Immigration Practice Group

555 Clay Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: (415) 398-3852

Fax: (415) 296-8730

E-mail: ts@ipgpc.com

JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM ADR

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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. Should any party subsequently determine that submission

to the formal ADR process would be beneficial to the efficient resolution of this matter, that

party may request placement in one of the Court’s ADR programs at that time.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________

Saundra B. Armstrong

United States Magistrate Judge

JOINT REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM ADR

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