Conanan
(PC) Hisle v. Conanan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 DENNIS C. HISLE, No. 1:21-cv-01680-KES-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S
DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
v. (ECF No. 57) MARLYN CONANAN,
Defendant. 13 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s demand for a jury trial, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38. (ECF No. 57.) Consistent with Plaintiff's request, claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 are triable by jury. City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687, 709 (1999); Fed. R. Civ. P. 38(a). Accordingly, unless the parties later stipulate to a court trial, this action shall remain a jury action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 39(a). The jury trial will be presided over by a District Judge, unless all parties have consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. To this end, the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California has…