Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO WITHDRAW CONSENT TO

vs. MAGISTRATE JUDGE JURISDICTION (ECF No. 53.) HICKS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, Tracye Benard Washington, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with plaintiff’s original complaint filed on February 5, 2019, against defendants Sergeant David Hicks and Correctional Officer Hipolito Rocha for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 1.)1 Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion to withdraw his consent to the Magistrate Judge’s jurisdiction. (ECF No. 53.) Since this action has not yet been reassigned to the undersigned, plaintiff may withdraw his consent without demonstrating good cause or extraordinary circumstances. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Dixon v. Ylst, 990…