Penunuri
Penunuri v. Davis
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 RICHARD PENUNURI, Case No. 19-cv-06112-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO
v. DISTRICT JUDGE
RON DAVIS, et al., Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Richard Penunuri, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action against prison officers at San Quentin State Prison where he is currently incarcerated. Mr. Penunuri names the Warden as a defendant, but it appears that he does not allege facts that are sufficient to state a cognizable claim against the Warden. All named parties, including unserved defendants, must consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction before a magistrate judge may hear and decide a case. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1); Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500, 501-04 (9th Cir. 2017) (magistrate judge lacked jurisdiction to dismiss case on initial review because unserved defendants had not consented to proceed before magistrate judge). As it appears that this case…