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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Alvernon Brown,

Plaintiff,

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U.S. Collections West, Inc., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. CIV 05-2753-PHX-DKD

ORDER

Pursuant to General Order No. 98-62 and LRCiv 3.8(e) of the Rules of Practice of the

United States District Court for the District of Arizona, effective March 1, 1999, 25% of civil

cases are randomly assigned to a U.S. Magistrate Judge. This matter has been assigned to the

undersigned U.S. Magistrate Judge.

Upon assignment of a case to a Magistrate Judge each party is required to complete and

file and serve upon all other parties a form indicating whether that party wishes to consent to

the assignment of the case to a Magistrate Judge. If all parties consent in writing, the case will

remain with the assigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) for all purposes,

including trial and final entry of judgment. Any party is free to decline assignment of a case

to a Magistrate Judge. If any party declines the Magistrate Judge option, the case will be

randomly reassigned to a U.S. District Judge. To either consent to the assigned Magistrate

Judge or to elect to have the case randomly assigned to a District Judge, the appropriate section

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The consent/election form may be obtained directly from the Clerk of the Court or by accessing

the District of Arizona's web site at www.azd.uscourts.gov. To find the consent/election form on the

District's web site, click on "Operations & Filing" at the left of the page, from the extended option

menu, click on "Forms" and then double click on the appropriate form.

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To preserve and assure the complete voluntariness of election, unless all parties have

consented, an individual party's election remains confidential and is known only to the Clerk of the

Court and not to any Judge of this Court.

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of the form, entitled Consent to Exercise of Jurisdiction by United States Magistrate Judge1,

must be completed and signed. The party filing the case or removing it to Federal Court is

responsible for serving all parties with the consent forms. Each party must file the completed

form and certificate of service with the Clerk of the Court not later than 20 days after

entry of appearance, and must serve a copy by mail or hand delivery upon all parties of record

in the case.

A review of the Court's file indicates that only one party has filed the required Magistrate

Judge consent/District Judge election form.2

 The complaint in this matter was filed September

9, 2005.

It is unknown if a copy of the appropriate consent form, provided to Plaintiff by the

Clerk at the time the Complaint was filed, was served with the Complaint and Summons upon

the Defendants per the written instructions from the Clerk.

IT IS ORDERED that all parties to this action, if they have not already done so, shall

execute and file within 20 days of the date of this Order either a written consent to the exercise

of authority by the Magistrate Judge or a written election to have the case reassigned to a

District Judge.

DATED this 17th day of November, 2005.

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