Opinion
22-mc-80317-LJC
11-22-2022
IN RE APPLICATION OF NADIA ZAHMOUL, Applicant.
ORDER SETTING DEADLINE TO CONSENT OR DECLINE TO PROCEED BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Nadia Zahmoul has filed an ex parte application pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 for an order to issue subpoenas to Coinbase Group, Inc. (“Coinbase”) and Helium Systems, Inc. (“Helium”). Because it is a dispositive matter, the consent of all parties is required for the Court to hear and adjudicate the application. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); CPC Pat. Techs. Pty. Ltd. v. Apple Inc., 34 F.4th 801, 807-8 (9th Cir. 2022); Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 503 (9th Cir. 2017).
Coinbase and Helium have not been served or appeared as interested parties. Nadia Zahmoul shall serve a copy of this order on Coinbase and Helium by November 25, 2022 and file a proof of service promptly thereafter. Nadia Zahmoul shall also file a “Consent or Declination to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction” form indicating whether she consents to or declines magistrate judge jurisdiction by December 2, 2022. Coinbase and Helium may also file such a form by that date. 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/.
Unless Nadia Zahmoul, Coinbase, and Helium all consent to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge within the time prescribed, the Court will order the Clerk to reassign this matter to a district judge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.