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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RICHARD PENUNURI,

Plaintiff,

v.

RON DAVIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-06112-VKD 

ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO 

DISTRICT JUDGE

Plaintiff Richard Penunuri, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action 

against prison officers at San Quentin State Prison where he is currently incarcerated. Mr. 

Penunuri names the Warden as a defendant, but it appears that he does not allege facts that are 

sufficient to state a cognizable claim against the Warden. 

All named parties, including unserved defendants, 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 disposes of the claims 

against some or all of the defendants at this time, 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.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 19, 2019

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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