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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Libel, Assault, Slander

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY JACQUES,

Plaintiff,

v.

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-00821-LJO-SAB

ORDER REFERRING PENDING MOTION 

TO DISMISS TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

STANLEY A. BOONE

On October 10, 2014, Defendant Early Warning Service, LLC filed a motion to dismiss. 

(ECF No. 107.) The Court has reviewed the pending motion, and due to the Court’s impacted 

docket and priority of criminal cases over civil matters, the Court finds that the pending motion 

should be referred to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone for entry of Findings and 

Recommendations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72.

Out of fairness, the Court believes it is necessary to forewarn litigants that the Fresno 

Division of the Eastern District of California now has the heaviest District Judge caseload in the

entire nation. While the Court will use its best efforts to resolve this case and all other civil cases 

in a timely manner, the parties are admonished that not all of the parties’ needs and expectations 

may be met as expeditiously as desired. As multiple trials are now being set to begin upon the 

same date, parties may find their case trailing with little notice before the trial begins. The law 

requires the Court give any criminal case priority over civil trials and other matters, and the 

Court must proceed with criminal trials even if a civil trial is older or was set earlier. 

Continuances of civil trials under these circumstances will no longer be entertained, absent a 

specific and stated finding of good cause. If multiple trials are scheduled to begin on the same 

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day, this civil trial will trail day to day or week to week until completion of any criminal case or 

older civil case.

The parties are reminded of the availability of a United States Magistrate Judge to 

conduct all proceedings in this action. A United States Magistrate Judge is available to conduct 

trials, including entry of final judgment, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 28 U.S.C. 636(c), Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 73, and Local Rule 305. The Court will direct the Clerk of the Court to 

provide Defendants with the Court’s standard form to consent to or decline Magistrate Judge 

jurisdiction. Within ten days of this order’s date of service, Defendants shall either consent to or 

decline Magistrate Judge jurisdiction by filling out the requisite forms and returning them to the 

Court. 

The parties are advised that the same jury pool is used by both United States Magistrate 

Judges and United States Article III District Court Judges. Any appeal from a judgment entered 

by a United States Magistrate Judge is taken directly to the United States Court of Appeal for the 

Ninth Circuit. Finally, for the parties’ information, the Fresno Division, whenever possible, is 

utilizing United States Article III District Court Judges from throughout the country as Visiting 

Judges. Pursuant to the Local Rules, Appendix A, such reassignments will be random, and the 

parties will receive no advance notice before their case is reassigned to an Article III District 

Court Judge from outside of the Eastern District of California.

The parties are advised that they are free to withhold consent or decline magistrate 

jurisdiction without adverse substantive consequences.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: the pending motion to dismiss is 

REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone.

SO ORDERED

Dated: October 23, 2014

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

United States District Judge

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