McCabe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD RITTER, Case No. 1:19-cv-00324-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR DE NOVO REVIEW AND

v. CONSTRUING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

DENY AS OPPOSITION

CONALL MCCABE, ET. AL., (Doc. Nos. 33, 34) Defendants. 16 Pending before the court is Defendant’s Motion for Ruling by District Judge filed August 4, 2021. (Doc. No. 33). Defendants seek de novo review of the former-magistrate judge’s second screening order issued on October 21, 2019. (Id. at 1). Defendants argue that even though Plaintiff consented to the dismissal of certain defendants and claims following the second screening order, the dismissal of these defendants and claims exceeded the magistrate judge’s authority under Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2017), because Defendants had not consented to the magistrate judge. (Id. at 1-2). Plaintiff filed a pleading titled “Request to Judge to Deny Motion” which the Court construes…