Free Consent to Jurisdiction by US Magistrate Judge - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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Case 1:07—cv—00475-***-l\/IPT Document 18 Filed 01/22/2008 Page 1 of2
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
MACIEJ MURAKOWSKI, )
Plaintiff, j
v. ) CA. No. 07-475***
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, j
Defendant. j
STIPULATION AND ORDER CON SENTIN G TO THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION
BY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE THYNGE
WHEREAS, Plaintiff Maciej Murakowski ("Murakowski" or "Plaintiff’) filed a
Complaint against Defendant University of Delaware (the "University" or "Defendant") on
August l, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the case was assigned to the vacant judicial position; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to expedite the disposition of this matter, the parties wish to
have the case heard by United States Magistrate Judge Thynge.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate and agree as follows:
l. All discovery, including without limitation depositions, document requests,
interrogatories and requests for admissions is complete; excepting only any continuing dispute
regarding: a) the University’s responses to Plaintiffs Interrogatories Nos. l, 2 and 10; b)
Plaintiffs Requests for Production No. 3, served on or about November 16, 2007; and c) whether
the University has properly redacted infomation from documents it has produced (collectively,
the "Disputed Items"). The parties have previously exchanged positions regarding the Disputed
ltems, and nothing herein shall be construed to permit expansion of the scope of those Disputed
ltems nor to prevent Plaintiff from filing a motion to compel with respect to the Disputed Items.
No further discovery shall be permitted (subject to objections already raised by the University)

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by this exception other than the written information currently sought by those interrogatories and
as since amplified by Plaintiffs counsel.
2. The parties in this case consent to have United States Magistrate Judge Mary Pat
Thynge conduct any and all proceedings in this case, including summary judgment briefing and
the trial, enter a final judgment, conduct any and all post-judgment proceedings and generally
exercise the powers of a United States District Judge in this case.
3. All other provisions of the Court’s Scheduling Order entered on or about October
25, 2007, shall remain in effect.
FINGER & SLANINA, LLC BUCHANAN IN GERSOLL & ROONEY
/s/ David L. Finger /s/ William E. Manning
David L. Finger (#2556) William E. Manning, Esquire (#697)
One Commerce Center, Suite 725 James D. Taylor, Jr., Esquire (#4009)
1201 North Orange Street Jennifer M. Becnel-Guzzo, Esquire (#4492)
Wilmington, DE 19801 The Brandywine Building
(302) 884-6766 1000 West Street, Suite 1410
Attarneyfar Plaintw’Maciej Murakawski Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 552-4200
(302) 552-4295 (facsimile)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Attorneys for Defendant University of
Delaware
SO ORDERED this gh day of , 2008.
UNITED STATES i§STRICT JUDGE
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