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Parties Involved:
Lydia Pacheco
Plaintiff
United States Postal Service
Defendant

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RE-NOTICE OF MOTION

C 07-3988 MHP

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

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

LYDIA PACHECO,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,

Defendants. 

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No. C07-3988 MHP

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 award damages for lost mail. Defendant

has filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 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

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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.

RE-NOTICE OF MOTION

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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: October 16, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: October 15, 2007 /s/ 

LYDIA PACHECO

Pro Se

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

MARILYN H. PATEL

United States District Judge

10/17/2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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