Fried v. City of Pleasant Hill

Filing 26

ORDER RE-SETTING HEARING ON MOTION TO DISMISS AND INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE CONSENT OR DECLINATION BY MAY 23, 2024. Signed by Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin on 5/9/2024. Initial Case Management Conferenc e set for 10/3/2024 at 02:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor. 19 Motion to Dismiss Hearing set for 10/3/2024 at 02:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. (ads, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/9/2024)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIAM ZHANG FRIED,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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CITY OF PLEASANT HILL, et al.,

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Defendants.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 24-cv-00361-AMO
ORDER RE-SETTING HEARING ON
MOTION TO DISMISS AND INITIAL
CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
AND DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE
CONSENT OR DECLINATION BY
MAY 23, 2024

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The hearing on the motion to dismiss, previously set for June 20, 2024, is HEREBY

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RESET to October 3, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. The initial case management conference currently set for

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May 16, 2024 is also continued to that date and time.1
Given the rescheduling of these settings, the Court reminds the parties that their case may

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be resolved more quickly if they consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction. The parties may consent

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at any time to reassignment of the case to a magistrate judge of their choice, for all purposes,

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including entry of final judgment. See Civil L.R. 73-1(b). That one party refused to consent to a

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magistrate judge assigned off-the-wheel does not foreclose a different magistrate judge

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assignment. The magistrate judges in this district carry significant consent loads. Many were

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former partners in law firms and hail from elite legal institutions. Accordingly, any party that has

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not yet done so is directed to FILE a consent or declination to magistrate judge jurisdiction by no

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later than May 23, 2024. Any party that has previously declined magistrate judge jurisdiction who

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now wishes to consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction may also file a consent form by that date.

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Any party is free to withhold consent without adverse substantive consequences.

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A further joint case management conference statement is due by no later than noon on September
26, 2024.

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Forms are available at https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/forms/civil-forms/, and, as noted, an
assignment to a specific magistrate judge is authorized.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 9, 2024

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ARACELI MARTÍNEZ-OLGUÍN
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
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