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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
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Case No. 14-cv-04600 NC 

ORDER DENYING REQUEST 

TO WITHDRAW CONSENT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SERAJUL HAQUE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

STATES, and others, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-04600 NC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST TO WITHDRAW 

CONSENT 

Dkt. No. 73 

On October 27, 2014, pro se plaintiff Serajul Haque filed a form indicating his 

consent to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. Dkt. No. 11. On January 20, 2015, he 

filed another form, purporting to withdraw his consent to jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 73. 

There is no absolute right to withdraw consent once granted under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 636(c). Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993). Instead, consent can be 

withdrawn only for good cause or extraordinary circumstances shown. Id. In ruling on a 

motion to withdraw consent, courts consider factors including timeliness, whether granting 

the motion would unduly interfere with or delay the proceedings, the burdens and costs to 

litigants, and whether consent was voluntary and uncoerced. United States v. Neville, 985 

F.2d 992, 1000 (9th Cir. 1993). 

Here, Haque’s attempted withdrawal of consent is not accompanied by any 

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