Opinion
1:22-cv-10131 (JLR)
12-09-2022
DAVID HALLIDAY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. CE SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JENNIFER L. ROCHON, United States District Judge:
By separate Order today, the Court is referring this case to the designated Magistrate Judge for General Pretrial Purposes, including settlement.
In addition, 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 Magistrate Judge. If both parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, they must, within 30 days of service of the summons and complaint, file on the docket 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:// www.nysd.uscourts.gov/node/754). If the Court approves that form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before the Magistrate Judge rather than before the undersigned. Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as it would be from this Court if the consent form were not signed and so ordered. An information sheet on proceedings before magistrate judges is also attached to this Order.
If either party does not consent to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge, the parties must file a joint letter, within 30 days of service of the summons and complaint, advising the Court that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the party or parties who do not consent. There will be no adverse consequences if the parties do not consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge.
SO ORDERED.