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Parties Involved:
Michael Chertoff
Defendant
Emilio T. Gonzalez
Defendant
Robert S. Mueller III
Defendant
Donald Neufeld
Defendant
Lan Zhou Sobhi
Plaintiff

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ADR CERTIFICATION

No. C 07-06245 MEJ 1

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

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) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

LAN ZHOU SOBHI,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security; EMILIO

T. GONZALEZ, Director of the Citizenship

and Immigration Services; DONALD

NEUFELD, Director of the California

Service Center of USCIS; ROBERT S.

MUELLER III, Director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation,

Defendants. 

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No. C 07-06245 MEJ

JOINT REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION

FROM THE 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 Plaintiff’s request that this Court compel Defendants to

adjudicate an application for naturalization. Given the substance of the action and the lack of any

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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

No. C 07-06245 MEJ 2

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: February 27, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

 /s/ 

MELANIE PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: February 27, 2008 /s/ 

BOBBY GLEN BELL, Jr.

Epstein, Surowitz, & Bell

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

March 6, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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