Opinion
21-cv-03643-NC
08-19-2021
CARL THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. ANN TAYLOR RETAIL, INC., and others, Defendants.
ORDER TO CONSENT OR DECLINE MAGISTRATE JUDGE JURISDICTION
NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On May 14, 2021, Plaintiff brought this ADA action against Defendants. ECF 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), all parties must consent to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge in order for the magistrate judge to exercise jurisdiction over a civil action. See also Fed. R. Civ. P. 73. Plaintiff timely consented to this Court's jurisdiction. ECF 6. However, after three extensions of the deadline, Defendants still have not consented or declined this Court's jurisdicition. ECF 9; ECF 10; ECF 18. The Court now ORDERS Defendants to consent or decline the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge by August 26, 2021, or the Court will request that this case be reassigned to a District Judge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.