WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal lawsuit that resulted in the resignation of a senior aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN’-oh) might be settled out of court.

Morris Fischer, a Maryland lawyer representing James T. Hayes Jr., head of the New York field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says a federal magistrate judge in Washington will mediate the case.

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