Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANNY GEROME YOUNG, No. 2:15-cv-2604 KJM CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RODRIGUEZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 14, 2016, plaintiff filed a consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction (ECF No. 8), while defendants declined magistrate judge jurisdiction on June 1, 2017 (ECF No. 36). On December 23, 2019, defendants filed a consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction (ECF No. 71), ostensibly resulting in the consent by all parties to magistrate judge jurisdiction. However, plaintiff subsequently filed objections to defendants’ consent, arguing that “28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) does not authorize counsel for the defendants to embark on a ship that has sailed, and Plaintiff opposes this untimely motion.” (ECF No. 72 at 1.) He further argues that he does not believe that defendants are entitled to consent at this late stage and…