Opinion
24-cv-11360
05-29-2024
SAFECO INSURANCE CO. OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v. ERNEST WILKERSON, et al., Defendants.
ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF CONSENT AND REFERENCE OF CIVIL ACTION TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE (ECF No. 4)
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On May 22, 2024, Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois filed this action against Defendants Ernest Wilkerson and Joyce Wilkerson. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) On My 28, 2024, Safeco filed a Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form with the Court. (See Notice, ECF No. 4.) But the Court cannot make that referral unless all parties consent, and none of the Defendants have appeared in this action. Indeed, as of the date of this order, it does not appear that Safeco has even served Defendants with the Complaint. Thus, the Court will STRIKE Safeco's Notice as premature. Safeco may re-file the Notice after Defendants appear in this case and if and only if it obtains Defendants' consent.
IT IS SO ORDERED.