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Parties Involved:
Robin Barrett
Defendant
Abdul Maqsat
Plaintiff

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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

ABDUL MAQSAT, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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ROBIN BARRETT, Field Office Director, )

San Francisco District, U.S. Citizenship and )

Immigration Service, U.S. Department of )

Homeland Security, )

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Defendant. )

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No. C 07-3106 JL

CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE

JURISDICTION; and PARTIES’ JOINT

REQUEST TO BE EXEMPT FROM

FORMAL ADR PROCESS; and

[PROPOSED] ORDER

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, the parties in

this case hereby voluntarily consent to have a United States Magistrate Judge conduct any and all

further proceedings in the case, including trial, and order the entry of a final judgment.

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 adjudicate or compel

Defendant to adjudicate the application for naturalization. Defendant has already asked the FBI to

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expedite Plaintiff’s name check so that the application may be processed as soon as possible. 

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: August 29, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /S/ 

ILA C. DEISS

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: September 4, 2007 ____/S/________________________

KAREN ALICIA DAVIS

Attorney for Plaintiff

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: ___________________________

JAMES LARSON

Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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