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Parties Involved:
Nigel Cabral
Plaintiff
Michael Chertoff
Defendant
Emilio T. Gonzalez
Defendant
Rosemary Melville
Defendant
Robert Mueller
Defendant

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ADR CERTIFICATION

C07-02906 SC

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

NIGEL CABRAL,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF, Secretary of the

Department of Homeland Security;

ROSEMARY MELVILLE, San Francisco

District Director, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services; EMILIO T.

GONZALEZ, Director, U.S. Citizenship and

Immigration Services; ROBERT

MUELLER, III, Director of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation,

Defendants. 

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No. C07-02906 SC

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 mandamus action is limited to Plaintiff’s request that this Court compel Defendants to

adjudicate the application 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: August 29, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

 /s/ MELANIE L. PROCTOR1

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: August 29, 2007 /s/ 

SHEILA QUINLAN

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 

SAMUEL CONTI

United States District Judge

9/7/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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