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Parties Involved:
Armenak Chamlikian
Plaintiff
Kristine Chamlikian
Plaintiff
Emilio T. Gonzalez
Defendant
Rosemary Melville
Defendant
Marina Vartanian
Plaintiff

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ADR CERTIFICATION

No. C 07-5023 TEH

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

ARMENAK CHAMLIKIAN, MARINA

VARTANIAN, AND KRISTINE

CHAMLIKIAN,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District

Director, United States Citizenship and

Immigration Services; and EMILIO T.

GONZALEZ, Director, United States

Citizenship and Immigration Services

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-5023 TEH

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 Plaintiffs’ request that this Court compel Defendants to

adjudicate their applications for adjustment of status. Given the substance of the action and the lack

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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.

ADR CERTIFICATION

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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 17, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: December 13, 2007 /s/ 

JONATHAN KAUFMAN

Attorney for Plaintiffs

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Thelton E. Henderson

12/18/07

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