Central Soya Company, Inc., an Indiana Corporation and Central Soya International, Inc., a Panamanian Corporation v. Voktas, Inc., a Greek Corporation

Central Soya Company, Inc., and Central Soya International, Inc. (“defendants” or “Central Soya”) seek leave to appeal an interlocutory order entered by United States Magistrate Lee and certified by him for appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). Voktas, Inc. (“plaintiff” or “Voktas”) has filed an answer in opposition to Central Soya’s petition for permission to appeal. During its consideration of this petition, the court ordered, sua sponte, that the parties file additional memoranda as to whether a magistrate is empowered to certify a question for interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. §…