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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 JOSE MIGUEL DE LA CRUZ, Case No. 1:20-cv-00997-DAD-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF v. THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE 12 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., (ECF No. 7) 13 Defendants. 14 15 16 Jose Miguel De La Cruz (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 21, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion to consent to the jurisdiction of the magistrate judge. (ECF No. 7). Plaintiff states that he consents to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this action and asks for an order transferring formal jurisdiction of this case from District Judge Dale A. Drozd to the undersigned. Plaintiff’s motion will be denied. Plaintiff may consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction, and the Court will issue (or may have already issued) another order regarding consent or decline of magistrate judge jurisdiction. However, in Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2017), the…