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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL BIRD,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. ZUNIGA, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:15-cv-00910--MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO 

WITHDRAW CONSENT TO MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE JURISDICTION

(ECF No. 10)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds against 

Defendant Musleh on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim. Service on 

Defendant Musleh is pending.

On July 6, 2015, Plaintiff consented to have a United States Magistrate Judge 

conduct all further proceedings in this case, including trial and entry of final judgment, 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1). (ECF No. 6.) Defendant has yet to appear in the 

action. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s May 13, 2016 request to withdraw his consent to 

Magistrate Judge jurisdictioin. 

“A party to a federal civil case has, subject to some exceptions, a constitutional 

right to proceed before an Article III judge.” Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 479 (9th Cir. 

2003). This right can be waived, allowing parties to consent to have any and all further 

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proceedings conducted before a Magistrate Judge. Id. at 479-80. There is no absolute 

right to withdraw consent to proceeding before a Magistrate Judge. Id. at 480. Instead, a 

motion to withdraw consent may be granted only for good cause or a showing of 

extraordinary circumstances. Id.; see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(4).

Here, Plaintiff provides no basis for seeking to withdraw his consent. Accordingly, 

his request is HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 17, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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