Opinion
22 Civ. 4502 (AT) (OTW)
06-07-2022
SOMPO JAPAN INSURANCE INC, Plaintiff, v. XPO LOGISTICS LLC, XPO INTERMODAL SOLUTIONS, INC. and ABBOS TRANSPORTATION INC., Defendants.
ORDER
ANALISA'TORRES, 'DISTRICT' JUDGE
To conserve resomces, to promote judicial efficiency, and in an effort to achieve a faster disposition of this matter, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties discuss whether they are willing to consent, under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), to conducting all further proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge.
If all parties consent to proceed before the Magistrate Judge, counsel for Defendants shall, by August 1, 2022, file a fully executed Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge fonn, available at https://nysd.uscomis.gov/node/754 and attached to this order, on the docket. If the Comt approves that form, all fmiher proceedings will then be conducted before the assigned Magistrate Judge rather than before me. An information sheet on proceedings before magistrate judges is also attached to this order. Any appeal would be taken directly to the United States Comt of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as it would be if the consent fonn were not signed and so ordered.
If any party does not consent to conducting all fmther proceedings before the assigned Magistrate Judge, the parties must file a joint letter, by August 1, 2022, advising the Comt that the parties do not consent, but without disclosing the identity of the party or parties who do not consent. The parties are free to withhold consent without negative consequences.
SO ORDERED.