Chavez et al v. County of Santa Clara

Filing 61

ORDER Denying Request for Reassignment. Signed by Judge Robert M. Illman on 1/23/2018. (rmilc1s, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/23/2018)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 BRIAN CHAVEZ, et al., 9 Plaintiffs, 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 Case No. 15-cv-05277-RMI ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, Re: Dkt. No. 60 Defendant. 13 14 On January 22, 2018, the County of Santa Clara filed a declination to Magistrate Judge 15 jurisdiction and requested reassignment. (Doc. 60.) The request for reassignment is insufficient. 16 The County previously consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction (Doc. 11.) and consent to 17 magistrate judge jurisdiction can only be withdrawn for good cause or under extraordinary 18 circumstances. Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993); 28 U.S.C.A. § 636 (“The court 19 may, for good cause shown on its own motion, or under extraordinary circumstances shown by 20 any party, vacate a reference of a civil matter to a magistrate judge under this subsection.”) 21 Accordingly, the County's request for reassignment is DENIED. 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 Dated: January 23, 2018 24 25 26 27 28 ROBERT M ILLMAN United States Magistrate Judge

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