Opinion
21-cv-03735-NC
08-19-2021
CARL THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. RITE AID CORPORATION, and others, Defendants.
ORDER TO CONSENT OR DECLINE MAGISTRATE JUDGE JURISDICTION
NATHANAEL M. COUSINS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
On May 18, 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 and Defendants Leonard Steven Marinello, Toni Ann Dimiceli, Leo. I. Picollo, and August J. Picollo timely consented to this Court's jurisdiction. ECF 6; ECF 13. After setting aside the default entered against Defendant Rite Aid Corporation, the Court reminded Rite Aid to consent or decline jurisdiction by August 18, 2021. ECF 17; ECF 18. As of August 19, 2021, Rite Aid has not responded. The Court now ORDERS Rite Aid 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.