UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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 hereby notified that, unless they unanimously consent to the exercise of
dispositive jurisdiction by a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) by no
later than [DATE 45 DAYS AFTER DATE OF TRIGGERING EVENT], the case
will be reassigned to a randomly-drawn district judge for all purposes. In the absence
of consent by all parties, the Clerk is hereby DIRECTED to reassign the case without
further order after [DATE 45 DAYS AFTER DATE OF TRIGGERING EVENT].
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. A failure to complete the
form and submit it, either electronically or manually, to the Clerk will result in the
case being reassigned after [DATE 45 DAYS AFTER DATE OF TRIGGERING
EVENT].
You may withhold consent without adverse consequences. The identity of any
party who consents to 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 parties elect to consent, the Clerk will not inform the undersigned of the identity
of the non-consenting party/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 this __ day of _____, 20__.
HERMAN N. JOHNSON, JR.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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