Opinion
22-mc-80183-VKD
07-20-2022
IN RE EX PARTE APPLICATION OF TEAM CO., LTD., Applicant.
ORDER SETTING DEADLINES FOR SERVICE AND CONSENT OR DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE
VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Team Co., Ltd. (“Team Co”) has filed an ex parte application for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 authorizing service of a subpoena for documents on Google LLC (“Google”). Absent consent of all parties, this Court lacks jurisdiction to hear and decide this matter. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); CPC Pat. Techs. Pty Ltd. v. Apple, Inc., 34 F.4th 801, 808 (9th Cir. 2022); Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2017).
Team Co shall serve a copy of the application and this order on Google by August 3, 2022. To the extent they have not already done so, Team Co and Google shall each file a “Consent or Declination to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction” form indicating whether they consent or decline magistrate judge jurisdiction no later than August 17, 2022. Any party is free to withhold consent to proceed before a magistrate judge without adverse substantive consequences. Fed.R.Civ.P. 73(b)(2).
The form is available at https://cand.uscourts.gov/mj consent-declination form 10-2020/
IT IS SO ORDERED.