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Parties Involved:
Brian Applegate
Plaintiff
Christian Trausch
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRIAN APPLEGATE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTIAN TRAUSCH

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00811 DLB PC

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANT TO 

CONSENT TO OR DECLINE UNITED 

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

JURISDICTION WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS

This is a civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Brian Applegate, a state 

prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. This action is currently assigned only to the 

undersigned based on Plaintiff’s consent to United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction and 

Appendix A(k)(4) of the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California. 

Defendant has now appeared in the action. Defendant was ordered to consent or decline to 

Magistrate Judge jurisdiction on January 13, 2016, but he failed to do so.

Defendant’s February 22, 2016, motion to stay is pending.

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Therefore, Defendant shall notify the Court within fifteen (15) days from the date of service 

of this order whether he consents to or declines United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 29, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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