Masood v. Barr

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 ADY MASOOD, Case No. 19-cv-07623-VKD

9 Plaintiff, ORDER FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A 10 v. DISTRICT JUDGE

11 WILLIAM P. BARR, et al., Defendants. 12

13 14 Petitioner Ady Masood, a detainee in immigration custody, filed a petition for writ of 15 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 and § 2243, challenging his detention at the Yuba 16 County Jail in Marysville, California. Dkt. No. 1. Mr. Masood named as respondents U.S. 17 Attorney General William P. Barr, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting 18 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director Erik Bonnar, and Yuba County 19 Sheriff-Coroner Wendell Anderson. Id. 20 On November 21, 2019, the Court issued an order to show cause directing the parties to 21 file a consent or declination to proceed before a magistrate judge by December 4, 2019 and setting 22 a briefing schedule. Dkt. No. 5. On December 4, 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern 23 District of California entered an appearance and responded to the request to file a consent or 24 declination to magistrate judge jurisdiction as to Attorney General Barr, Acting Secretary Wolf, 25 and Acting Director Bonnar only. Dkt. No. 7. That filing expressly noted that the U.S. Attorney 26 does not represent Sheriff Anderson. Id. Sheriff Anderson has not appeared and has not filed 27 anything indicating whether he consents to or declines magistrate judge jurisdiction. 1 must refer the case to a district judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636; Williams v. King, 875 F.3d 500 (9th Cir. 2 || 2017). Accordingly, it is ordered that this case be reassigned to a district judge. All pending 3 motion hearings and scheduled appearances are hereby vacated and will be reset by the newly 4 assigned judge. 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. 6 Dated: December 5, 2019 7 . 28 □ Vuiauin®, QeMarche: VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 9 United States Magistrate Judge 10 11 12

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