Causey
Causey v. Alameda County Superior Court
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAMAR HENDRIX CAUSEY, Case No. 20-cv-06630-RMI Petitioner,
ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO
Vv. REASSIGN CASE ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT,
Respondent.
& All named parties, including unserved defendants, must consent before a magistrate judge has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) to hear and decide a case. See Williams v. King, 875 || F.3d 500, 503 (9th Cir. 2017) (magistrate judge lacked jurisdiction to dismiss case on initial || review because unserved defendants had not consented to proceed before magistrate judge). It || appears that this case requires a decision dispositive of one or more defendants or claims at this 18 || time because Petitioner has not shown the sort of extraordinary circumstances described in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43-54 (1971), and consent of all parties has not been obtained. || Accordingly, the Clerk of Court shall reassign this case to a district judge pursuant to the…