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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Effective August 7, 2023, Local Rule 120, of the Local Rules of the United States District 

Court, Eastern District of California, was amended. See General Order No. 666. Prior to amendment, 

Local Rule 120(d) provided that “[a]ll civil and criminal actions and proceedings of every nature and 

kind . . . arising in,” among other counties, the counties of Calaveras, and Stanislaus, “shall be 

commenced in the United States District Court sitting in Fresno, California, and in Bakersfield, 

California, Yosemite National Park[,] or other designated places.” As now amended, Local Rule 

120(d) provides that actions arising in the counties of Calaveras or Stanislaus shall now “be 

commenced in the United States Court sitting [in] Sacramento, California, and in Redding, California, 

or other designated places within those counties.” 

YELLOWCAKE, INC., et. al.,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, INC., et. al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:22-cv-01109-ADA-BAM

NOTICE OF IMPENDING TRANSFER OF CASE

ORDER ADVISING PARTIES OF AMENDMENT 

TO LOCAL RULE 120 AND THAT IF PARTIES 

WISH TO HAVE CASE STAY WITHIN THE 

CURRENT FRESNO DIVISION, THEY MAY 

CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

JURISDICTION 

FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE 

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This is an action or proceeding which arises in either the county of Calaveras or Stanislaus. In 

light of the amended Local Rule 120(d), the parties are advised that this case will be transferred from

the District Court in the Fresno Division to the District Court in the Sacramento Division for all 

purposes including for trial. Before the case is transferred, the parties are advised that if they wish to 

keep this case in the Fresno Division, they may consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, and if all 

parties consent, this case will remain in the Fresno Division and will be assigned to the current 

Magistrate Judge for all purposes. If all parties do not consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, this 

case will be transferred out of the Fresno Division and to the Sacramento Division, and a new District 

Judge and Magistrate Judge will be assigned. 

To consent or decline to magistrate judge jurisdiction, a party may sign and file the consent 

form available on the Court’s website.

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 Parties may consent, decline or withhold consent without any 

adverse consequences, and the assigned Magistrate Judge will not be informed of the individual 

party’s decision regarding consent. 

Accordingly, within 14 days of the date of service of this order, the parties may file consent to

the Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. If all parties consent, this action will remain in the Fresno Division, 

otherwise, the case will be transferred to the Sacramento Division and a new District Judge and 

Magistrate Judge will be assigned. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 The consent form is available at: http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/forms/civil/. 

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