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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

KOLJA SCHLUETTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

TESLA, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-08235-VKD 

ORDER FOR REASSIGNMENT TO 

DISTRICT JUDGE

Defendant Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) removed this action from the Superior Court of the County 

of Santa Clara and now moves to compel arbitration. Dkt. Nos. 1, 4. Plaintiff Kolja Schluetter 

has not indicated whether he consents to or declines magistrate judge jurisdiction.

All named parties must consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction before a magistrate judge 

may hear and decide a case. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 501-04 

(9th Cir. 2017) (magistrate judge lacked jurisdiction to dismiss case on initial review because 

unserved defendants had not consented to proceed before magistrate judge). As it appears that this 

case requires a decision that could dispose of all of Mr. Schluetter’s claims against Tesla in this

forum, and because not all parties have consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction, the matter must 

be reassigned to a district judge. 

Accordingly, the Clerk shall reassign this case to a district judge pursuant to the Court’s 

Assignment Plan. Upon full consent of all parties, this case may be reassigned back to the 

undersigned magistrate judge.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2020

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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