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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

TROAS V. BARNETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARTIN GAMOBA, ANGEL DURAN, 

and MANUEL TORRES,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:05-cv–01022-BAM PC

ORDER DISREGARDING CONSENT OR

DECLINE FORM AND DECLINE OF

JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

(ECF Nos. 146, 189)

Plaintiff Troas V. Barnett is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding against Defendants

Martin Gamboa, Angel Duran and Manuel Torres for the use of excessive force in violation of the

Eighth Amendment and is currently set for trial on January 22, 2012. 

On August 17, 2005, Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge. (ECF

No. 9.) On July 26, 2010, Defendants consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge. (ECF

No. 62.) On July 2, 2012, Plaintiff filed a form declining jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge. (ECF

No. 146.) On November 11, 2012, Plaintiff filed a pleading entitled “Decline of Jurisdiction of

United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 636(c)(2). (ECF No. 189.) 

Plaintiff has previously consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge and, once a civil

case is referred to a Magistrate Judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), the reference can be withdrawn only

“for good cause shown on its own motion, or under extraordinary circumstances shown by any

party.” Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993). Plaintiff’s attempts to decline the

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jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge, filed July 2, 2012, and November 11, 2012, have no effect and

are HEREBY DISREGARDED.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 2, 2012 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

cm411 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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