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Parties Involved:
T. Chavez
Defendant
M. Garikaparthi
Defendant
J. Keeler
Defendant
LaKeith L. McCoy
Plaintiff
A. Steiber
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAKEITH L. MCCOY,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. GARIKAPARTHI, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01495-BAM (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO 

CONSENT OR DECLINE UNITED STATES 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE JURISDICTION 

WITHIN TEN DAYS

RESPONSE DUE IN 10 DAYS

Plaintiff Lakeith L. McCoy (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action currently proceeds on 

Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed November 17, 2014, against defendants M. 

Garikaparthi, A. Steiber, J. Keeler, and T. Chavez (“Defendants”) for failure to provide adequate 

food in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 10.)

This action is currently assigned only to the undersigned based on Plaintiff’s consent to 

United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 7.) However, the record reflects that 

Defendants have not filed valid consent or decline forms despite appearing in this action. 

Therefore, Defendants shall notify the Court within ten (10) days from the date of service of this 

order whether they consent to or decline United States Magistrate Judge jurisdiction.

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send Defendants a copy of the consent/decline form 

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and the instructions for consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction; and

2. Defendants shall complete and return the consent or request for reassignment forms within 

ten (10) days of service of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 22, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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