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Parties Involved:
Rodriguez
Defendant
Guillermo C. Trujillo
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO C. TRUJILLO,

Plaintiff,

v.

RODRIGUEZ,

Defendant.

No. 1:14-cv-01371 DLB PC

NOTICE OF THIS COURT’S EXPEDITED 

TRIAL SETTING PROCEDURES UPON 

CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES

Due to the extraordinarily high case load of the district court judges in this district, trials 

in civil rights actions concerning prison conditions are often conducted by United States 

Magistrate Judges with the consent of all the parties. A trial conducted by a magistrate judge is 

far more likely to proceed on a scheduled trial date. Presently, when a civil trial is set before a 

district judge, any criminal trial which conflicts with the civil trial will take priority, even if the 

civil trial date was set first. Thus, a civil trial set before a district judge is often trailed day to day 

or week to week until the completion of the matter occupying the district court. Consenting to the 

jurisdiction of a magistrate judge for all purposes will generally expedite the resolution of an 

action. 

The parties are therefore reminded of the availability of a United States Magistrate Judge 

to conduct all proceedings in this action. A United States Magistrate Judge is available to 

conduct trials, including entry of final judgment, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), Federal Rule of 

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Civil Procedure 73, and Local Rule 305. Any appeal from a judgment entered by a United States 

Magistrate Judge is taken directly to the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. 

If all parties in this action consent to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge, 

the parties should inform the Court whether they wish to proceed on an expedited basis. The 

expedited trial setting procedure requires the agreement of all parties. Upon such agreement, the 

Court will vacate any previously set deadlines, such as dispositive motion deadlines, if the parties 

stipulate that such deadlines are unnecessary and the parties desire to proceed to trial 

expeditiously after the closing of the discovery deadlines.

Consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Eastern 

District, if the matter proceeds to trial under this process, the Court will handle the trial just as 

any other civil case which comes before the Court. 

Withholding consent or declining jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge for all 

purposes will have no effect on the merits of a party’s case or have any adverse substantive 

consequences.

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 A party may also consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction at any time, even if the 

party has previously declined such jurisdiction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 25, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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Even if the parties decline consent, under Local Rule 302 the assigned magistrate judge will still 

conduct a number of pretrial matters. 

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