· 12/5/2003
Denise Kay Anderson v. Woodcreek Venture Ltd James May Linda Brown Curtis Brown
Citations
- 351 F.3d 911
- 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10445
- 57 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 391
- 2003 Daily Journal DAR 13177
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 24471
- 2003 WL 22870963
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- holding that, in general, filing a “signed form would provide a clear, unambiguous, and explicit expression of consent”
- noting that “the magistrate judge’s jurisdiction over any 4 24-5189 pretrial nondispositive matters, including magistrate-recommended dispositions, is not contingent on litigant consent” (emphasis omitted)
- explaining that “[c]onsent” is “the touchstone of magistrate judge jurisdiction” 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636
- finding that a motion to amend a complaint is a nondispositive order
- “[T]he magistrate judge’s jurisdiction over any pretrial nondispositive matters, including magistrate-recommended dispositions, is not contingent on litigant consent[.]” (emphasis omitted)
- “[T]he magistrate judge’s jurisdiction over any pretrial non- 23 dispositive matters, including magistrate [judge]-recommended dispositions, is not contingent on litigant consent, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and Rule 72, not 73, codified the attendant procedures.”
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Judges: Lay, Wallace, Tallman
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