Opinion
NO. CIV. S-12-2725 LKK/DAD
02-14-2013
SARAH WATCHERS, Plaintiff, v. ART RESTAURANTS CALIFORNIA, dba LONG JOHN SILVER'S #31911, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
A hearing on Plaintiff's Motion to Amend the Complaint, ECF No. 13, is currently scheduled for February 25, 2013. Defendants Steve W. Chapralis and Irene Chapralis, appearing pro se, have both appeared in this matter, see Defs' Answer, ECF No. 10, and have both consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge, see Defs' Consent, ECF Nos. 8, 9.
Pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21), "[i]n Sacramento, all actions in which all the plaintiffs or defendants are proceeding in propria persona" are to be heard by a magistrate judge. Because all Defendants who have appeared in this action are proceeding in propria persona, this case is will be assigned to Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd.
Accordingly, the court ORDERS as follows:
[1] The hearing on Plaintiff's Motion to Amend the Complaint, ECF No. 13, is VACATED, to be re-set by the Magistrate Judge.
[2] This case is ASSIGNED to Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd, pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). If, upon amendment, a new defendant is added who is to be represented by counsel, or if Defendants Steve W. Chapralis and Irene Chapralis are later represented by attorneys appearing in accordance with Local Rule 180, this action shall be referred back to the undersigned.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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LAWRENCE K. KARLTON
SENIOR JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT