Rolfing
(PC) Parks v. Rolfing
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH WAYNE PARKS, No. 2: 15-cv-001505-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFFREY ROHLFING et al., Defendants. 16 On September 30, 2018, the court denied plaintiff’s motion to withdraw his consent to a magistrate judge. ECF No. 101. Plaintiff now moves for reconsideration of that order under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60 and Local Rule 230. ECF No. 114. I. Factual Background This is a prisoner civil rights case. On July 27, 2015, Kenneth Wayne Parks, proceeding pro se, filed the standard form completed to indicate his consent to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. Consent, ECF No. 4. On February 3, 2017, defendants declined to proceed before a magistrate judge. ECF No. 44. On October 2, 2017, the parties filed a joint status report in which the plaintiff, now represented by counsel, stated, “Plaintiff does not agree to try this case before the Magistrate Judge.” JSR, ECF No. 68…