Gordon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 TERRY GORDON, Case No. 20-cv-01591-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO A

v. DISTRICT JUDGE

STANFORD MEDICAL CHIEF, et al., Defendants.

13 Plaintiff Terry Gordon, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action against various defendants for “emotional distress and physical harm” incurred during transport from Stanford Hospital to the Santa Rita Jail. Dkt. No. 1 at 3–4. Mr. Gordon names the chief of Stanford Hospital as a defendant, but he does not allege facts sufficient to state a cognizable claim against this private citizen. 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…