Nielsen v. Astrue

Filing 31

ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO INFORM COURT WHETHER THEY CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR ALL PURPOSES. Signed by Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong on 6/27/2014. (Attachments: # 1 Consent form)(ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/27/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SUSAN NEILSON,

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Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN W. COLVIN,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 11-3379 SBA
ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO
INFORM COURT WHETHER THEY
CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE
FOR ALL PURPOSES

Defendant.
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In cases initially assigned to a district judge, the parties may consent at any time to

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reassignment of the case to a magistrate judge for all purposes, including entry of final judgment.

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See Civil L.R. 73-1(b). This option is being made available because the magistrate judges in this

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district have smaller civil dockets and no felony criminal cases and may be able to adjudicate this

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case more expeditiously than the undersigned district judge.

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Accordingly, the parties are hereby DIRECTED to advise the court, no later than July 11,

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2014, whether they consent to have a magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings in the instant

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action. Normally the parties would be directed to so inform the court in their Joint Case

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Management Statement filed in connection with the initial case management conference. However,

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because this case involves a review of an administrative record, a case management conference has

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not been scheduled. The parties are advised that they may jointly request assignment to a specific

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magistrate judge. For the parties' convenience, a consent form is attached hereto; forms are also

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available at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov, in the "Forms" section.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 6/27/2014
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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG
United States District Judge