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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICO FLOWERS,

Plaintiff,

v.

HIGH DESERT STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:12-cv-2047 MCE CKD P

ORDER

On January 25, 2016, the district court judge assigned to this case continued trial from 

March 7, 2016 to July 18, 2016. The parties are informed that if the parties wish to consent to 

magistrate judge jurisdiction, the undersigned is prepared to proceed to trial the week of May 2, 

2016 following a trial confirmation hearing which would most likely take place near the 

beginning of March. 

Due to the extraordinarily high case load of the district court judges in this district, trials 

in civil rights actions concerning prison conditions are often conducted by United States 

Magistrate Judges with the consent of all the parties. A trial conducted by a magistrate judge is 

far more likely to proceed on a scheduled trial date. Presently, when a civil trial is set before a 

district judge, any criminal trial which conflicts with the civil trial will take priority, even if the 

civil trial date was set first. Thus, a civil trial set before a district judge is often trailed day to day 

or week to week until the completion of the matter occupying the district court.

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Any appeal from a judgment entered by a United States Magistrate Judge is taken directly 

to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

Withholding consent or declining jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge will 

have no effect on the merits of a party’s case or have any adverse substantive consequences.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send counsel for defendant and plaintiff the 

court’s form for consenting to magistrate judge jurisdiction; and

2. If the parties wish to consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction thereby obtaining an 

expedited trial date, they shall so indicate on the form and return the form to the court within 14 

days.

Dated: January 27, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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