UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
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ORDER
On [DATE OF TRIGGERING EVENT] the [PARTY] filed a[n] [MOTION
TO DISMISS, MOTION TO REMAND, or ANSWER]. Doc. Document Number..
Pursuant to the General Order for Referral of Civil Matters to the United States
Magistrate Judges of the Northern District of Alabama, dated January 2, 2015, the
parties are REQUIRED to enter an election regarding the exercise of dispositive
jurisdiction by a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) no later than [45
DAYS AFTER DATE OF TRIGGERING EVENT]. In the absence of consent
by all parties, the Clerk is DIRECTED to reassign the case to a randomly drawn
district judge without further order after [45 DAYS AFTER DATE OF
TRIGGERING EVENT].
A telephone status conference is SET for [TIME] on [30 DAYS AFTER
DATE OF TRIGGERING EVENT]. The parties are DIRECTED to dial 888-636-
3807 no less than five minutes before the status conference begins. The access code
is 3676046. The telephone conference will be cancelled by separate order if all
parties submit forms 24 hours in advance.
The parties are directed to use the magistrate judge consent form on the
CM/ECF system to elect or decline the exercise of magistrate judge jurisdiction.
Unlike in the past, a party can now complete the consent form electronically and
submit it through the Court’s CM/ECF filing system at the following web address:
https://ecf.alnd.uscourts.gov. If a party submits the form electronically, the form
will be delivered directly to the Clerk. It will not be filed on the docket sheet, and
no judge will have access to the form. Alternatively, a party may print the form,
complete it manually, and submit it to the Clerk’s office.
You may decline magistrate judge jurisdiction without adverse consequences.
The identity of any party who consents to or declines magistrate judge jurisdiction
will remain unknown to the undersigned unless consent is unanimous. The
undersigned will only learn of a party’s election to consent where all parties have
consented. In the event fewer than all of the parties elect to consent, the Clerk will
not inform the undersigned of the identity of the non-consenting party or parties. If
all parties consent, a magistrate judge will exercise full and final dispositive
jurisdiction, and all appeals will lie directly with the appropriate United States Court
of Appeals.
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DONE and ORDERED on July 12, 2019.
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GRAY M. BORDEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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