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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN REGAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02574-SK 

REFERRAL FOR 

REASSIGNMENT AND REPORT 

AND RECOMMENDATION FOR

DISMISSAL

Regarding Docket No. 4

On May 13, 2019, Plaintiff filed a complaint and application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

(Dkts. 1, 2.) On May 15, 2019, this Court entered an Order ordering a hold on service of 

Plaintiff’s complaint, explaining the deficiencies in Plaintiff’s complaint, and granting him leave 

to file an amended complaint by June 14, 2019 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Dkt. 4.) Plaintiff 

has not filed an amended complaint.

Defendants have not appeared and Plaintiff has not consented to the jurisdiction of a 

magistrate judge. Therefore, the undersigned lacks jurisdiction to make a dispositive ruling in the 

case. Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2017) (magistrate judge does not have jurisdiction 

to dismiss case under 28 U.S.C. § 636 if there are defendants who have not been served and have 

not consented to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that 

this case be REASSIGNED to a District Judge.

For the reasons set forth in the Court’s May 15, 2019 order, Plaintiff has not stated a 

plausible claim for relief, and has failed to provide facts of any kind or specify what particular 

rights were violated. Consequently, the Court RECOMMENDS that the action be DISMISSED 

for lack of jurisdiction.

A party may serve and file specific written objections to this recommendation within 

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fourteen days after being served with a copy. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 

Civil L.R. 72-3.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 16, 2019

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN REGAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02574-SK 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 16, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

John Regan

General Delivery

Berkeley, CA 94704 

Dated: July 16, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Melinda K. Lozenski, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable SALLIE KIM

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