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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

San Francisco Division

B.M., a minor by and through his guardian ad

litem DAVID MONES,

Plaintiff,

v.

ANTHONY LIM, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 14-05257 LB

ORDER DIRECTING THE PARTIES

TO FILE A JOINT STATUS REPORT

BY JANUARY 23, 2015

On May 30, 2013, Plaintiff filed a complaint in Sonoma County Superior Court against five

Defendants: (1) Anthony Lim, M.D.; (2) Douglas Jimenez, M.D.; (3) Sutter Medical Center; (4)

University of California, San Francisco; and (5) the Regents of the University of California. 

Plaintiff served at least Dr. Jimenez, because on December 1, 2014, the United States, acting on Dr.

Jimenez’s behalf, removed the action to this court. It now asks the court to substitute it in place of

Dr. Jimenez and to dismiss Plaintiff’s claims against it. The hearing on the motion currently is set

for January 29, 2015. 

So far, only the United States and Plaintiff have appeared in this court and consented to the

undersigned’s jurisdiction. To rule on the United States’s motion, though, the court must have

consent from all parties who have been served. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Ornelas v. De Frantz, C

00-1067 JCS, 2000 WL 973684, at *2 n.2 (N.D. Cal. June 29, 2000) (unserved defendants are not

parties under the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)) (citing Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530, 532 (5th

Cir. 1995)); cf. United States v. Real Property, 135 F. 3d 1312, 1316 (9th Cir. 1997) (holding that

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the consent of an individual who was not a party was not a precondition to the magistrate judge's

jurisdiction). Dr. Lim, Sutter Medical Center, the University of California, San Francisco, and the

Regents of the University of California have not appeared in this court, and upon review of the

record before it, the court does not know whether they have been served. They were not mentioned

in the removal papers, presumably because an action against a federal employee arising out of his or

her employment can be removed without joinder of other defendants. See 28 U.S.C. § 2679. Before

the court reassigns this action to a district judge, the court directs the parties to file a joint status

report informing the court whether all Defendants have been served and whether Plaintiff and the

United States have been in contact with the other Defendants. They shall do by the close of business

on Friday, January 23, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2015 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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