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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PARMINDER KAUR SAINI; INDIA 

MERCHANDISE GROUP, INC., a 

California corporation; and 

Does 1-10, 

Defendants. 

No. CIV. S-14-1086 LKK/KJN 

ORDER 

This matter is set for status conference before the 

undersigned on July 28, 2014. There are two defendants named in 

the complaint: Parminder Kaur Saini and India Merchandise Group, 

Inc. On June 2, 2014, defendant Saini, proceeding pro se, filed 

an answer to the complaint. Therein, defendant Saini avers that 

she has been “sued incorrectly herein as India Merchandise Group, 

Inc.” Answer to Complaint, filed June 2, 2014 (ECF No. 7) at 1. 

Defendant Saini has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate 

judge. See Consent, filed June 2, 2014 (ECF No. 8). On July 

14, 2014, plaintiff filed a proposed joint status report; the 

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signature line for defendant is prepared solely for defendant 

Saini, who has not signed the status report or otherwise 

responded to the court’s May 2, 2014 Order Setting Status 

Conference (ECF No. 4). 

Pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21), “[i]n Sacramento, all 

actions in which all the plaintiffs or defendants are proceeding 

in propria persona” are to be heard by a magistrate judge. 

Because the only defendant who has appeared in this action is 

proceeding in propria persona, this case will be assigned to 

Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The status conference set for July 28, 2014 is vacated; 

and 

2. This action is assigned to Magistrate Judge Kendall J. 

Newman pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). If it subsequently 

appears that the corporate defendant has been properly sued in 

this action and appears through counsel, see Local Rule 183(a), 

this action shall be referred back to the district court. 

DATED: July 23, 2014. 

 

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