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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW CALVIN COLEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

BRIAN DUFFY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-00912-BAM-PC

ORDER RE-DESIGNATING ACTION

Plaintiff Andrew Calvin Coley is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has consented to magistrate judge 

jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

On June 17, 2013, Plaintiff filed a consent to proceed before a magistrate judge. (ECF 

No. 7.) On July 1, 2013, Plaintiff filed a decline to proceed before a magistrate judge. (ECF No. 

8.) Plaintiff’s decline is submitted on a form for decline or consent, and sets forth no grounds for 

withdrawal of consent.

“The right to adjudication before an Article III judge is an important constitutional right” 

which can be waived. United States v. Neville, 985 F.2d 992, 999 (9th Cir. 1993). Once the 

parties have consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction in a civil case under 28 U.S.C. § 

636(c)(1), the reference to the magistrate judge can be withdrawn by the Court only “for good 

cause shown on its own motion, or under extraordinary circumstances shown by any party.” 28 

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U.S.C. § 636(c)(4) (emphasis added); Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993) (“There is 

no absolute right, in a civil case, to withdraw consent to trial and other proceedings before a 

magistrate judge.”). Here, Plaintiff previously consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (ECF 

No. 7.) Plaintiff sets forth no grounds for withdrawal of consent, and therefore fails to make any 

showing of extraordinary circumstances. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s decline to proceed before a magistrate judge is denied; and

2. The Clerk’s Office is directed to re-designate this action with the undersigned

as the presiding judge. The correct case number is 1:13-cv-00912-BAM-PC, and 

shall be used on all correspondence.

 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 5, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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