CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 23)

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Document 23, filed 03/17/21 in Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC in the Northern District of California, is a one-page Consent or Declination to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction form in Cat Brooks, et al. v. Thomson Reuters Corp. The form tells the signer to check one of two boxes and sign below the selection. Consenting would mean voluntarily agreeing to have a United States magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings, including trial and entry of final judgment, with appeal going directly to the Ninth Circuit. Declining would mean requesting that the case be reassigned to a United States district judge. The check boxes and the date line are not legible in this copy, so the selection is not stated here.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
Plaintiff(s), 
v. 
 
 
Defendant(s). 
 
Case No.   
 
 
CONSENT OR DECLINATION  
TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE 
JURISDICTION 
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS: Please indicate below by checking one of the two boxes whether you (if you 
are the party) or the party you represent (if you are an attorney in the case) choose(s) to consent 
or decline to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this matter. Sign this form below your selection. 
 
 CONSENT to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction 
 
In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), I voluntarily consent to have a 
United States magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings in this case, including trial and 
entry of final judgment. I understand that appeal from the judgment shall be taken directly to the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 
 
OR 
 
 DECLINE Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction 
 
In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), I decline to have a United States 
magistrate judge conduct all further proceedings in this case and I hereby request that this case be 
reassigned to a United States district judge. 
 
DATE: _______________, 20____
NAME:
Signature
COUNSEL FOR
 
CAT BROOKS, et al.,
THOMSON REUTERS CORP.
21-cv-01418-KAW
Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC   Document 23   Filed 03/17/21   Page 1 of 1

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