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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

BARRY LOUIS LAMON,

Plaintiff,

v.

MAURICE JUNIOUS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00484-SAB (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT TO PROCEED

BEFORE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

(ECF No. 34)

Plaintiff Barry Louis Lamon is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 22, 2011, the Court dismissed

Plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim. (ECF No. 23.) On January 17, 2013, the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal and found claims against Defendants Maguass,

Talisman, Barda, Cohen, and Osborne for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. (ECF No.

31.) On February 6, 2013, Plaintiff filed a motion and notice of withdrawal of consent to proceed

before Magistrate Judge. (ECF No. 34.)

Plaintiff consented to United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction on March 26, 2009. (ECF

No. 5.) Therefore, this action was assigned a judge pursuant to Appendix A(k)(4) of the Local Rules

of the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff did not exercise his right to request reassignment to

a district judge at the initiation of this action. Appendix A(k)(3). Once a party is referred to a

magistrate judge, the reference can be withdrawn by the Court only for “good cause shown on its

own motion, or under extraordinarycircumstances shown byanyparty.” 28U.S.C. 636(c)(4); accord,

Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993). Plaintiff’s motion provides no basis for the

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withdrawal of his earlier consent. 

Accordingly, for a lack of good cause or extraordinary circumstances, Plaintiff’s motion for 

withdrawal of consent to proceed before Magistrate Judge is hereby DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 7, 2013 /s/ Stanley A. Boone 

i1eed4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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