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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN D. BRYANT,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

R. ROMERO, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:12-cv-02074-DAD-GSA-PC

 

ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS 

TO NOTIFY COURT WHETHER 

THEY CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE JURISDICTION BY JANUARY 

20, 2017

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK=S 

OFFICE TO SEND 

CONSENT/DECLINE FORMS TO 

DEFENDANTS

Kevin D. Bryant (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 

with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint 

commencing this action on December 26, 2012. (ECF No. 1.) This case now proceeds with 

the First Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff on December 2, 2013, against defendants 

Lieutenant C. Waddle and Correctional Officer E. Castellanos, on Plaintiff’s First Amendment 

claim for retaliation. (ECF No. 16.) The events in the complaint allegedly occurred at Kern 

Valley State Prison (KVSP) when Plaintiff was incarcerated there in the custody of the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). 

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On March 18, 2013, Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 636(c). (ECF No. 9.) On April 6, 2015, defendants Waddle and 

Castellanos declined Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 27.) Since that time this case has 

been reassigned to District Judge Dale A. Drozd and Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin. In light 

of the reassignment of judges, the Court requests Defendants to reconsider whether they will 

consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. Defendants shall complete the enclosed 

consent/decline form, indicating whether they consent to or decline Magistrate Jurisdiction, and 

return the form to the Court on or before January 20, 2017, for filing.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk is directed to send the Court’s consent/decline form to defendants 

Waddle and Castellanos; and

2. On or before January 20, 2017, defendants Waddle and Castellanos shall 

complete the enclosed consent/decline form and return it to the Court for filing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2017 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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