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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

CALVIN JACKSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

BEARD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-02043-LJO-DLB PC

ORDER VACATING REASSIGNMENT 

TO DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

Plaintiff Calvin Jackson (“Plaintiff”) is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se in this 

civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The First Amended Complaint is awaiting screening.

Plaintiff consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction on November 24, 2014. However,

Plaintiff filed a decline on January 5, 2015, and the action was improperly reassigned to a District 

Court Judge.

Once a civil case is referred to a magistrate judge under section 636(c), the reference can be 

withdrawn by the court only “for good cause shown on its own motion, or under extraordinary 

circumstances shown by any party.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(6); Fed.R.Civ.P. 73(b); Dixon v. Ylst, 990 

F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993). There is no absolute right, in a civil case, to withdraw consent to trial 

and other proceedings before a magistrate judge. Dixon, 990 F.2d at 480.

Here, Plaintiff’s subsequent declines did not demonstrate “extraordinary circumstances,” and 

therefore, there is no good cause to vacate the reference. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(6). 

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Accordingly, the Court VACATES the reassignment of this action to the United States 

District Court Judge. Pursuant to Plaintiff’s initial consent, this action SHALL be assigned to the 

Magistrate Judge. The new case number is 1:14-cv-02043-DLB PC. 

The Court SHALL DISREGARD Plaintiff’s January 5, 2015, and May 4, 2015, filings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 8, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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