Free Declination to Proceed Before a U.S. Magistrate Judge - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-01655-SI

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Catherine Valerio Barrad (SBN 168897) [email protected] Christine Kim Son (SBN 223190) [email protected] J. P. Pecht (SBN 233708) [email protected] SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013-1010 Telephone: (213) 896-6000 Facsimile: (213) 896-6600 Attorneys For Defendant Bayer Corporation UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JEANNE DIANE COLLINS, as surviving ) Case No. 3:08-cv-01655 EDL statutory beneficiary for the wrongful death of ) Assigned to: Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. ) Laporte FLOYD COLLINS, ) Plaintiff, ) ) DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A v. ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR ) REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES BAYER CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania ) DISTRICT JUDGE corporation, aka, BAYER HEALTHCARE and ) BAYER AG; and MCKESSON ) CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; ) JOHN DOES 1-100 and ABC ) CORPORATIONS 1-100, ) ) Defendants. ) )

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE MAGISTRATE

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JUDGE.

REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT

The undersigned party hereby declines to consent to the assignment of this case to a United States Magistrate Judge for trial and disposition and hereby requests the reassignment of this case to a United States District Judge. Dated: April 4, 2008 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

By: /s/ Catherine Valerio Barrad Catherine Valerio Barrad Attorneys for Defendant Bayer Corporation

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE MAGISTRATE

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

PROOF OF SERVICE ) ) ss )

I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000, Los Angeles, California 90013-1010. On April 4, 2008, I served the foregoing document(s) described as DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE MAGISTRATE on all interested parties in this action as follows (or as on the attached service list): Robert F. Clarke, Esq. Lowell W. Finson, Esq. PHILLIPS & ASSOCIATES 3030 North Third Street, Suite 1100 Phoenix, AZ 85012

I served the foregoing document(s) by U.S. Mail, as follows: I placed true copies of the document(s) in a sealed envelope addressed to each interested party as shown above. I placed each such envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, for collection and mailing at Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California. I am readily familiar with Sidley Austin LLP's practice for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. Under that practice, the correspondence would be deposited in the United States Postal Service on that same day in the ordinary course of business. party served. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct. Executed on April 4, 2008, at Los Angeles, California.

/s/ Deborah J. Kelly

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE MAGISTRATE

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