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

Case 5:08-cv-00868-RMW

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Filed 05/09/2008

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McDONOUGH HOLLAND & ALLEN PC Attorneys at Law MICHAEL T. FOGARTY (#065809) LAURA J. FOWLER (#186097) 555 Capitol Mall, 9th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916.444.3900 Fax: 916.444.3249 THACHER PROFFITT & WOOD LLP RICHARD F HANS (Pro Hac Vice, SBN 2593200NY) PATRICK J SMITH (Pro Hac Vice, SBN 2402394NY) JEFFREY D. ROTENBERG (Pro Hac Vice, SBN 3984994NY) Two World Financial Center New York, NY 10281 Phone: 212.912.7400 Fax: 212.912.7751 Attorneys for Defendant eAppraiseIT, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FELTON A. SPEARS, JR. and SIDNEY SCHOLL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC., a ) Washington corporation; FIRST AMERICAN ) EAPPRAISEIT, a Delaware corporation; and ) LENDER'S SERVICE, INC., ) ) Defendants. ) ) CASE NO.: 5:08-CV-00868 HRL CLASS ACTION DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Honorable Howard R. Lloyd

REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT TO A UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 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: May 9, 2008. McDonough HOLLAND & ALLEN PC Attorneys at Law /s/ Laura J. Fowler LAURA J. FOWLER Attorneys for Defendant eAppraiseIT, LLC 1
DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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