Barkley v. California Correctional Health Care Services, et al.

Filing 48

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 12/26/2017 ORDERING the Clerk to randomly assign a District Judge to this case. Plaintiff's 47 motion for reconsideration is hereby REFERRED to US District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. The Clerk is further directed to send defendants copies of the form Consent to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Jude and defendants shall file the form indicating whether they consent or decline magistrate jurisdiction within 14 days. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JERMAINE BARKLEY,

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No. 2:16-cv-1386 CKD P

Plaintiff,

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v.

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C. SMITH, et al.,

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ORDER

Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a consent to proceed before the undersigned Magistrate

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Judge. ECF Nos. 5, 7. However, defendants have not indicated whether they consent or decline

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magistrate judge jurisdiction. See ECF No. 13. The court now finds that assignment of a District

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Judge is necessary to properly address pending matters in this case.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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2. Plaintiff’s motion to reconsider, ECF No. 47, is hereby referred to the District Judge

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The Clerk of the Court is directed to randomly assign a District Judge to this case;

assigned to this case; and,
3. The Clerk is further directed to send defendants copies of the form Consent to Proceed
Before a United States Magistrate Judge; and,
4. Defendants are ordered to file the form indicating whether they consent or decline
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magistrate judge jurisdiction within 14 days from the date of this order.
Dated: December 26, 2017

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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