Opinion
1:22-cv-05497 (JLR)
10-06-2022
SHARON JOYNER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. JACKBOX GAMES, INC., Defendant.
ORDER
JENNIFER L. ROCHON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's website is not accessible to blind and visually impaired customers and, thus, violates Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq. By letter dated October 4, 2022, the parties jointly state that they consent to proceed before a magistrate judge and request a settlement conference. ECF No. 14 at 4. By separate order today, the Court is referring this case to the assigned Magistrate Judge for General Pretrial Purposes, including settlement.
If both parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, they must, within two weeks of the date of this Order, submit to the Court 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 http://nysd.uscourts.gov/file/forms/consent-to-proceed-before-us-magistrate-judge). If the Court approves that form, all further proceedings will then be conducted before the Magistrate Judge rather than before this Court. 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 any party does not consent to conducting all further proceedings before the Magistrate Judge, the parties must file a joint letter, within two weeks of the date of this Order, advising the Court that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the party or parties who do not consent. No adverse consequences will result from the withholding of that consent.
SO ORDERED.