GoldieBlox, Inc. v. Island Def Jam Music Group et al

Filing 22

CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by Beastie Boys, Brooklyn Dust Music, Michael Diamond(Counterclaim-Plaintiff), Adam Horovitz, Dechen Yauch, executor of the estate of Adam Yauch(Counterclaim-Plaintiff).. (Raygor, Kent) (Filed on 1/7/2014)

1 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP
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KENT R. RAYGOR, Cal. Bar No. 117224
KEVIN PUVALOWSKI (pro hac vice application forthcoming)
KENNETH B. ANDERSON (pro hac vice application forthcoming)
THOMAS M. MONAHAN, Cal. Bar No. 277536
1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, California 90067-6055
Telephone:
310.228.3700
Facsimile:
310.228.3701
Email:
[e-mail]
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8 Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs
BEASTIE BOYS, ADAM HOROVITZ and BROOKLYN DUST
9 MUSIC; and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs MICHAEL DIAMOND and
DECHEN YAUCH, executor of the estate of ADAM YAUCH

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, OAKLAND DIVISION

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13 GOLDIEBLOX, INC.,

Case No. 4:13-CV-05428- DMR

Plaintiff,

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v.

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ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP, A DIV.
OF UMG RECORDINGS, INC.;
BROOKLYN DUST MUSIC; BEASTIE
BOYS; SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING
GROUP LLC; UNIVERSAL MUSIC
PUBLISHING, INC.; RICK RUBIN; AND
ADAM HOROVITZ,
Defendants.

DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE
A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST
FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED
STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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BEASTIE BOYS, a New York partnership;

21 MICHAEL DIAMOND, an individual;
ADAM HOROVITZ, an individual; DECHEN

22 YAUCH, as executor of the estate of ADAM
YAUCH, deceased; and MICHAEL

23 DIAMOND, ADAM HOROVITZ, and
DECHEN YAUCH, as executor of the estate

24 of ADAM YAUCH, collectively d/b/a
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BROOKLYN DUST MUSIC,
Counterclaim-Plaintiffs,
v.

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Counterclaim-Defendant.

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Case No. 4:13-CV-05428-DMR
DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND
REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1 TO THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED COURT AND TO PLAINTIFF AND COUNTERCLAIM2 DEFENDANT GOLDIEBLOX, INC. AND ITS COUNSEL OF RECORD:
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Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs BEASTIE BOYS, ADAM HOROVITZ and

5 BROOKLYN DUST MUSIC; and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs MICHAEL DIAMOND and DECHEN
6 YAUCH, executor of the estate of ADAM YAUCH, hereby decline to consent to the assignment of
7 this case to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and disposition and hereby request the
8 reassignment of this case to a United States District Judge.
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10 Dated: January 7, 2014
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SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & HAMPTON
KENT R. RAYGOR
KEVIN PUVALOWSKI
KENNETH B. ANDERSON
THOMAS M. MONAHAN

LLP

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By

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/s/ Kent R. Raygor
KENT R. RAYGOR

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Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs
BEASTIE BOYS, ADAM HOROVITZ and
BROOKLYN DUST MUSIC; and CounterclaimPlaintiffs MICHAEL DIAMOND and DECHEN
YAUCH, executor of the estate of ADAM YAUCH

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Case No. 4:13-CV-05428-DMR
-2DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND
REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE