Jiang
Baiting Jiang, et al. v. KNTV Television LLC, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division
BAITING JIANG, et al., Case No. 21-cv-01293-LB Plaintiffs,
v. REFERRAL FOR PURPOSE OF
DETERMINING RELATIONSHIP
KNTV TELEVISION LLC, et al.,
Defendants. 16 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12(c), the court refers the above-titled case to United States District Judge Rita F. Lin to consider whether the case is related to Qin v. KNTV Television LLC, No. 25-cv-00676-RFL. This low-numbered case now has consent issues in the form of unserved defendants who appear on the docket (albeit without the court’s permission). Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 503–04 (9th Cir. 2017) (all parties, including unserved defendants, must consent to magistrate-judge jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1)). In an earlier order, the court dismissed the entire case with prejudice, addressing only the defendants it deemed part of the operative complaint.1 On appeal, the Ninth Circuit vacated the court’s dismissal…