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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHARILYN CHHANG,

Plaintiff,

v.

WEST COAST USA PROPERTIES LLC,

et al.,

 Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-01335-SAB

ORDER REGARDING CONSENT TO, 

DECLINE TO, OR WITHHOLD CONSENT TO 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

JURISDICTION WITHIN SEVEN (7) DAYS. 

On January 26, 2024, Plaintiff Pharilyn Chhang and Defendants Sergio Madrigal and 

West Coast USA Properties, LLC consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction and the case was 

reassigned to the undersigned for all purposes including trial and entry of judgment. (ECF Nos. 

27, 28.)

On September 16, 2024, Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint which added Dibuduo 

& Defendis Insurance Brokers, LLC as a defendant in this action. (ECF No. 65.) On October 25, 

2024, Dibuduo & Defendis Insurance Brokers, LLC filed a motion to dismiss the second 

amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). (ECF No. 72.) The 

motion is currently set before the undersigned and a hearing is scheduled for December 4, 2024. 

The Court’s review of the docket indicates Defendant Dibuduo & Defendis Insurance 

Brokers, LLC has not yet completed this Court’s Consent/Decline Form, indicating whether 

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Defendant consents to or declines Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. 

The Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California has one of the heaviest District 

Judge caseloads in the entire nation. Though the Court will use its best efforts to resolve this case 

and all other civil cases in a timely manner, the parties’ needs and expectations may not be met as 

expeditiously as desired. (See, e.g., ECF No. 22 (“As a result of the ongoing judicial resource 

emergency in this District, approximately 100 regular civil motions remain under submission 

before the [previously assigned District Judge]. As a result, it is likely to be six or more months 

until the motion(s) in this matter is resolved.”) (emphasis in original).) Further, District Judges 

are setting multiple trials to begin upon the same date, and as a result parties may find their case 

trailing with little notice before the trial begins. The law requires the Court give any criminal 

case priority over civil trials and other matters, and the Court must proceed with criminal trials 

even if a civil trial is older or was set earlier. If multiple trials are scheduled to begin on the same 

day, this civil trial will trail day to day or week to week until completion of any criminal case or 

older civil case.

Defendant is advised of the continued availability of a United States Magistrate Judge to 

conduct all proceedings in this action. A United States Magistrate Judge is available to rule upon 

dispositive motions and conduct trials if need be, including entry of final judgment, pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 73, and Local Rule 305.

Defendant Dibuduo & Defendis Insurance Brokers, LLC is advised that it is free to 

decline or withhold consent without any adverse substantive consequences. The Court does not 

take any position on the merits of any claim or defense in this case by issuing this order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to send Defendant Dibuduo & Defendis 

Insurance Brokers, LLC a copy of the Court’s Consent/Decline Form;

2. Within seven (7) days from the date of service of this Order, Defendant Dibuduo 

& Defendis Insurance Brokers, LLC may complete and return the Form; and

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3. If the form is not received within seven days, the Court will assume that 

Defendant Dibuduo & Defendis Insurance Brokers, LLC has withheld consent and 

will proceed accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 8, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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