City Furniture, Inc. v. Chappelle

Filing 45

ORDER re 28 Case Management Report. If the parties wish to consent to the assigned United States Magistrate Judge in this case, the Court requests that they file the "Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge" form found its website on or before September 27, 2016. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 9/14/2016. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
CITY FURNITURE, INC., a Florida
corporation
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-748-FtM-99CM

SCOTT A. CHAPPELLE,
Defendant.
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NOTICE1
This matter comes before the Court on review of the file. In the Case Management
Report, the parties noted that they would likely consent to the reference of this case to
the United States magistrate judge. (Doc. #28 at 2). Since then, the parties reached
impasse at mediation (Doc. #42) and discovery closed (Doc. #41). Consequently, this
Notice follows up on the parties’ indication of possible consent to the magistrate judge.
To assist the federal courts in coping with dramatically increased caseload,
Congress authorized the reference to a magistrate judge of any or all of the proceedings
in a civil case upon consent of all parties. See 28 U.S.C. § 636. Because of the heavy
caseload in the Middle District of Florida, district judges refer cases to their able and
experienced magistrate judges, who are generally able to schedule early and firm trial

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dates in accordance with the needs of the parties. 2 However, the decision to consent is
entirely the parties' decision, and any party may withhold consent without any adverse
consequences.
Accordingly, if the parties wish to consent to the assigned United States Magistrate
Judge in this case, the Court requests that they file the “Notice, Consent, and Reference
of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge” form found its website on or before September
27, 2016.
DONE and NOTICED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 13th day of September 2016.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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The undersigned is currently the only active district court judge in the Fort Myers division, and likely will
be for the near future. The undersigned’s trial calendar is demanding rivaled only by its motions and case
management obligations.

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