Schluetter
Schluetter v. Tesla, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 KOLJA SCHLUETTER, Case No. 19-cv-08235-VKD
Plaintiff,
ORDER FOR REASSIGNMENT TO
v. DISTRICT JUDGE
TESLA, INC., Defendant.
13 Defendant Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) removed this action from the Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara and now moves to compel arbitration. Dkt. Nos. 1, 4. Plaintiff Kolja Schluetter has not indicated whether he consents to or declines magistrate judge jurisdiction. All named parties 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 requires a decision that could dispose of all of Mr. Schluetter’s claims against Tesla in this forum, and because…