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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

THERESA BROOKE,

Plaintiff,

v.

INDEPENDENCE MENLO HOTEL 

OWNER LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-06689-VKD 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 

ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

DISMISSED

Plaintiff Theresa Brooke filed this action on October 18, 2019. Dkt. No. 1. Pursuant to 

the initial case management scheduling order and General Order 56, Ms. Brooke’s last day to 

complete service on defendant Independence Menlo Hotel Owner LLC (“Independence Menlo”)

or to file a motion for administrative relief from the service deadline was December 17, 2019. 

Dkt. No. 4. A review of the docket shows that Ms. Brooke filed a returned summons showing 

service upon an Albert Damonte for C T Corporation System, Inc. on October 23, 2019. Dkt. No. 

7. However, the Clerk’s Office declined to enter default as Ms. Brooke requested because the 

party served was not the same as the party listed on the summons. Dkt. Nos. 8, 9. Ms. Brooke has 

taken no further action in this matter, and it does not appear that Independence Menlo has waived 

service of summons.

Additionally, as a reminder, all named parties must consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction 

before a magistrate judge may hear and decide a case. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); Williams v. King, 

875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2017). The Court has issued notices regarding the assignment of this 

matter to a magistrate judge, the most recent of which sets a January 16, 2020 deadline for filing 

a consent or declination. Dkt. No. 11. By that date, plaintiff shall file either a consent or 

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declination to proceed before a magistrate judge. The consent/declination form is available on the 

Northern District of California’s website, https://cand.uscourts.gov/filelibrary/1335/MJ_ConsentDeclination_Form_Jan2014.pdf. Parties are free to withhold consent without adverse substantive 

consequences. Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(2).

Accordingly, Ms. Brooke shall appear before this Court on January 21, 2020 at 10:00 

a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show 

cause why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to timely complete 

service of process and for failure to prosecute. If Ms. Brooke contests dismissal, she shall file a 

response to this order no later than January 16, 2020 explaining why the action should not be 

dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2020

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

United States Magistrate Judge

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