Local Rule LR 41.1: DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS

LR 41.1 DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS In cases assigned to a Magistrate Judge as Presiding Judge, but where no consent to the Magistrate Judge's jurisdiction has been filed by the parties, any party wishing to file a stipulation of dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 must expressly consent to the Magistrate Judge's jurisdiction in the stipulation of dismissal or file a consent to the Magistrate Judge's jurisdiction prior to the filing of the stipulation of dismissal.