Israel v. First Unum Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 27

ORDER: To conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties must discuss whether they are willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) , to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge. If both parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, counsel for the defendant must, within two weeks of the date of this order file on ECF a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form, a copy of which is attached to this order (and also available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018- 06/AO-3.pdf). The executed form should be filed on ECF as a Proposed Order," and be described using the Consent Order" filing event in accordance with ECF Rule 13.18. If the Court approves that form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge r ather than before me. Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as it would be if the consent form were not signed and so ordered. If either party does not consent to conducting all further pr oceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge, the parties must file a joint letter, within two weeks of the date of this order advising the Court that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the party or parties who do not consent. The parties are free to withhold consent without negative consequences. So Ordered. (Signed by Judge Gregory H. Woods on 11/18/2021) (js)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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JESSICA ISRAEL,
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Plaintiff,
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-against:
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FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY :
AND UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF:
AMERICA,
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Defendants. :
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USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #: _________________
DATE FILED: 11/18/2021

1:21-cv-04335-GHW
ORDER

GREGORY H. WOODS, United States District Judge:
To conserve resources, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to achieve a faster
disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties must discuss whether they are
willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), to conducting all further proceedings before the
assigned Magistrate Judge.
If both parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, counsel for the defendant
must, within two weeks of the date of this order file on ECF a fully executed Notice, Consent,
and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form, a copy of which is attached to this order
(and also available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf). The
executed form should be filed on ECF as a “Proposed Order,” and be described using the “Consent
Order” filing event in accordance with ECF Rule 13.18. If the Court approves that form, all further
proceedings will then be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge rather than before me.
Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as
it would be if the consent form were not signed and so ordered.
If either party does not consent to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned

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Magistrate Judge, the parties must file a joint letter, within two weeks of the date of this order
advising the Court that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the
party or parties who do not consent. The parties are free to withhold consent without negative
consequences.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 18, 2021
New York, New York

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GREGORY H. WOODS
United States District Judge