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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

ERIC VALENCIA, 

Plaintiff,

v.

MARCO MARTINEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01146-CDB (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE COURT 

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

(Doc. 4)

Plaintiff Eric Valencia is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

On September 26, 2024, Plaintiff filed his complaint. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff paid the $405.00 

filing fee on October 2, 2024. On October 7, 2024, Plaintiff filed a form noticing his election to 

consent or decline to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (Doc. 3).

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s “Request to Change Decision and Consent to use of 

a Magistrate Judge,” filed December 2, 2024. (Doc. 4). Therein, Plaintiff “requests that this Court 

allows [him] to change his decision in consenting to the use of a magistrate judge in this case.” 

(Id.).

In the Ninth Circuit, “only a district judge may rule on a motion to withdraw consent to the 

jurisdiction of a magistrate judge under [28 U.S.C.] section 636(c).” Branch v. Umphenour, 936 

F.3d 994, 1003 (9th Cir. 2019); see 28 U.S.C. § 636(4) (“The court may, for good cause shown on 

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its own motion, or under extraordinary circumstances shown by any party, vacate a reference of a 

civil matter to a magistrate judge under this subsection.”); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(3) (“On 

its own for good cause—or when a party shows extraordinary circumstances—the district judge 

may vacate a referral to a magistrate judge under this rule.”). 

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to randomly assign a 

district judge to this action for purpose of ruling on Plaintiff’s pending request (Doc. 4).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 4, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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