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

Case 3:07-cv-06132-MHP

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SIMON J. FRANKEL (SBN 171552) Covington & Burling LLP One Front Street, 35th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: (415) 591-6000 Fax: (415) 591-6091 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent KYOCERA CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANTHONY N. LA PINE, Plaintiff and Claimant, v. KYOCERA CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. Civil Case No.: C 07-06132 JL DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Defendant and respondent Kyocera Corporation 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: February 15, 2008

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP /s/ Simon J. Frankel Attorney for Defendant and Respondent KYOCERA CORPORATION By:

Of Counsel EUGENE D. GULLAND DONALD J. RIDINGS, JR. Covington & Burling LLP 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-2401 Tel: (202) 662-6000 Fax: (202) 662-6291

DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 3:07-cv-06132-MHP

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I am an employee of COVINGTON & BURLING, and the the foregoing document, DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, was

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /s/ LIZA HEIDER served via U.S. Mail on February 15, 2008 to the address(es) shown below: GERGOSIAN & GRALEWSKI LLP Edward M. Gergosian Robert J. Gralewski, Jr. Brooke E. West 655 West Broadway, Suite 1410 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: (619) 237-9500 Fax: (619) 237-9555 I further certify that I am familiar with the firm's practice of collection and processing documents for mailing; that in accordance therewith, I caused the above-named document to be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service at San Francisco, California, in a sealed envelope, with first class postage prepared on February 15, 2008.

DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE