Williams v. Verna et al

Filing 11

ORDER Discharging 8 Order to Show Cause and Directing Clerk of Court to Assign a United States District Judge to this Action re 9 Response to Order to Show Cause, signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 9/9/16. (Gonzalez, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SHANNON WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
ANTHONY VERNA, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-00764-SAB (PC)
ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE AND DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
TO ASSIGN A UNITED STATES DISTRICT
JUDGE TO THIS ACTION
[ECF Nos. 8, 9]

Plaintiff Shannon Williams, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

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(“BOP”) proceeding pro se filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown

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Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) on June 2, 2016.
On August 26, 2016, the previously-assigned magistrate judge issued an order to show cause

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why the action should not be dismissed for failure to comply with a court order, namely, the failure to

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complete and return the consent/decline form. (ECF No. 8.)
On September 7, 2016, Plaintiff filed a reply to the order to show cause indicating that he

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wished to decline magistrate judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 9.)

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In light of Plaintiff’s response, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

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The order to show cause issued August 26, 2016, is vacated;

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The Clerk of Court is directed to assign a United States District Judge to this action;
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The Court will screen Plaintiff’s complaint in due course as the Court presently has a

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large number of cases awaiting preliminary screening and case management proceeds

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by the order in which cases are received.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

September 9, 2016
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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