Opinion
No. C11-05048 HRL
11-29-2011
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 332, Petitioner, v. BROWN & FESLER, Respondent.
NOT FOR CITATION
ORDER (1) RE-SETTING DEADLINE FOR RESPONDENT'S CONSENT OR DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE; AND (2) CONTINUING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 73-1, no later than November 22, 2011, all parties were to have filed either a written consent to proceed before a United States magistrate judge or a request for reassignment to a district judge. Review of the docket reflects that respondent has not yet done so. Accordingly, no later than December 2, 2011, respondent shall file either (1) a Consent to Proceed Before a United States Magistrate Judge or (2) a Declination to Proceed Before a Magistrate Judge and Request for Reassignment to a United States District Judge. The forms are available from the Clerk of the Court and on the court's website at http://cand.uscourts.gov. Each party is free to decline to proceed before a magistrate judge and to request reassignment to a district judge without adverse substantive consequences. FED. R. CIV. P. 73(b)(2).
The initial case management conference set for November 29, 2011 is continued to
December 13, 2011, 1:30 p.m.
SO ORDERED.
HOWARD R. LLOYD
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
5:11-cv-05048-HRL Notice has been electronically mailed to:
John Charles Post johnpost@dwt.com, ntorres@littler.com
Mark Stephen Renner mrenner@wmprlaw.com, jchargin@wmprlaw.com
Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.