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Parties Involved:
Rosemary Melville
Defendant
Rosalinda Torres
Plaintiff
Edgar Antonio Torres
Plaintiff
Antonio Torres-Felix
Plaintiff

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Parties’ Request to be Exempt from ADR

C07-4827 SI 1

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SC SBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, CSBN 88143

Assistant United States Attorney

Chief, Civil Division

ILA C. DEISS, NY SBN 3052909

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7124

FAX: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ANTONIO TORRES-FELIX, )

ROSALINDA TORRES, and )

EDGAR ANTONIO TORRES, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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ROSEMARY MELVILLE, District Director, )

United States Citizenship and Immigration )

Services; )

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Defendant. )

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No. C 07-4827 SI

PARTIES’ JOINT REQUEST TO BE

EXEMPT FROM FORMAL ADR

PROCESS and [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 the defendant to

adjudicate their 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

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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 14, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/

ILA C. DEISS

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendant

Dated: December 14, 2007 /s/

JONATHAN M. KAUFMAN

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.

Date:

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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