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Parties Involved:
D. Asuncion
Respondent
Willie L. Bolds
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE L. BOLDS,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. ASUNCION,

Defendant.

Case No.16-cv-02449-JSC 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. No. 8

Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of California proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ 

of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his sentence.

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 Upon initial review of the 

petition under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the Court dismissed the petition 

on the grounds that it does not state a cognizable basis for federal habeas relief. 

Petitioner has filed a motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(1) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 60(b)(1) provides for relief from judgment where the Court has 

committed mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect. Petitioner argues that under 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), a District Court Judge was supposed to make a de novo review of the 

dismissal order, and a United States Magistrate Judge has “no authority to make a final and 

binding disposition.” (ECF No. 8 at 2-3.) The undersigned United States Magistrate Judge had 

the authority to dismiss the case and enter judgment because Petitioner consented to the 

jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge. ECF No. 3; see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); 

Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530, 532 (5th Cir. 1995) (where a prisoner consents to a magistrate 

 

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Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c). (ECF No. 3.) 

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judge's jurisdiction and upon initial review the magistrate judge dismissed the case because the 

allegations in the complaint do not state a cognizable claim for relief, the defendants are not 

parties to the action and their lack of consent does not deprive the magistrate judge of jurisdiction 

to dismiss the complaint and enter judgment under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)). Because of such consent, 

moreover, the dismissal order is not reviewed by a United States District Judge under 28 U.S.C. §

636(b)(1)(B). Rather, Petitioner may obtain review by filing an appeal to the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(3). Accordingly, the motion for relief 

from judgment is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 14, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIE L. BOLDS,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. ASUNCION,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-02449-JSC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on October 14, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Willie L. Bolds ID: E-00865

CSP-Lancaster

P.O. Box 4430

Lancaster, CA 93539 

Dated: October 14, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

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