E.D.
E.D. v. Dwight Childs
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 E.D., et al., Case No. 20-cv-03014-SK (JSW)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. WITHDRAW MAGISTRATE JUDGE
CONSENT
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 149 Defendants.
12 Now before the Court for consideration is Plaintiff’s motion to withdraw consent to magistrate jurisdiction. The Court has considered the papers, relevant legal authority, and the record in the case, and it finds this motion suitable for disposition without oral argument. See N.D. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). For the following reasons, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion. BACKGROUND Plaintiff and his father, Oleksiy Demidov, filed this action on May 1, 2020. (Dkt. No. 1.) The case was assigned to Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim. (Dkt. No. 6.) On May 8, 2020, Plaintiff’s counsel signed and filed a consent to magistrate jurisdiction through his then-proposed guardian ad litem Demidov. (Dkt. No. 7.) The case progressed, and…