UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
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ORDER
This matter was assigned to the undersigned magistrate judge pursuant to the Court’s
General Order of Referral of Civil Matters to the United States Magistrate Judges of the
Northern District of Alabama dated January 14, 2013. 1 The parties have not consented to the
exercise of full dispositive jurisdiction by a magistrate judge pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).
It is ORDERED that each party shall complete the magistrate judge consent form on the
CM/ECF system to elect or decline the exercise of magistrate judge jurisdiction by ____. 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 of Court. 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 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
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Cases filed on or after January 2, 2015 are assigned in accordance with the procedures set out
in the Court’s general order of referral dated January 2, 2015.
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have elected to consent. 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. In the event fewer than all of parties elect to consent, the clerk will not inform the
undersigned of the identity of the non-consenting party/parties. If all parties do not consent, this
matter will be reassigned to a randomly drawn district judge for all further proceedings after the
undersigned files a report and recommendation concerning disposition of this matter.
DONE this ____ day of _______________.
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