United States Magistrate Judges

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federal judicial officer judicial position

United States Magistrate Judges are federal judicial officers who handle a range of pretrial matters, preliminary proceedings, and certain civil and misdemeanor cases to assist U.S. District Judges in managing the federal court docket.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
United States magistrate judges 28
United States Magistrate Judges canonical 3
U.S. Magistrate Judge 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal judicial officer ⓘ
judicial position ⓘ
alsoCalled Magistrate Judge ⓘ
United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Magistrate Judge
appointedBy United States District Judges of the relevant district ⓘ
assists United States federal judges ⓘ
surface form: United States District Judge
country United States of America ⓘ
createdInYear 1968 ⓘ
governedBy Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal courts
legalBasis 28 U.S.C. § 631 et seq. ⓘ
mayNot enter final judgment in certain civil matters without consent of the parties ⓘ
preside over felony criminal trials without consent and proper designation ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States federal judiciary
predecessor United States Commissioner ⓘ
prohibitedFrom engaging in the practice of law while in office ⓘ
qualification must be a member in good standing of a state or territorial bar ⓘ
must have at least five years of bar membership ⓘ
reappointment eligible for reappointment after term expiration ⓘ
replaced United States Commissioner system in federal courts ⓘ
role assist in managing federal court docket ⓘ
conduct arraignments ⓘ
conduct civil pretrial conferences ⓘ
conduct detention hearings ⓘ
conduct evidentiary hearings ⓘ
conduct evidentiary hearings and submit reports and recommendations to district judges ⓘ
conduct hearings in habeas corpus proceedings as referred ⓘ
conduct initial appearances in criminal cases ⓘ
conduct mediation in civil cases ⓘ
conduct preliminary proceedings in criminal cases ⓘ
conduct settlement conferences ⓘ
handle discovery disputes ⓘ
handle pretrial matters in federal cases ⓘ
handle prisoner litigation pretrial matters ⓘ
issue arrest warrants ⓘ
issue search warrants ⓘ
manage pretrial motions ⓘ
preside over certain civil trials with consent of the parties ⓘ
preside over misdemeanor criminal trials ⓘ
set bail and conditions of release ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority defined by statute, Federal Rules, and local rules ⓘ
selectionProcess appointment by majority vote of district judges of the court ⓘ
merit selection panel recommendation ⓘ
subordinateTo United States federal judges ⓘ
surface form: United States District Judge
termLength 4 years for part-time magistrate judges ⓘ
8 years for full-time magistrate judges ⓘ
worksAt United States district courts ⓘ
surface form: United States District Court

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assistant United States Attorneys → appearsBefore → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: Assistant United States Attorney
Committee on Codes of Conduct → appliesTo → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure → appliesTo → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York courthouse in White Plains → usedBy → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States Magistrate Judges → alsoCalled → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Magistrate Judge
this entity surface form: U.S. Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the District of Columbia → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the District of South Dakota → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Western District of New York → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the District of Nevada → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
District of Colorado → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the District of Colorado
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States federal judges → hasSubclass → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Code of Conduct for United States Judges → appliesTo → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States federal officials → includes → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Rule 4 → enforcedBy → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: magistrate judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 → establishes → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office for the District of New Hampshire → worksWith → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Magistrate Judges for the District of New Hampshire
W.D. Wash. → hasMagistrateJudgeTitle → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Magistrate Judge
Clerk of Court for the District of Vermont → worksWith → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Magistrate Judges for the District of Vermont
N.D. Ohio → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Oakland Division → employer → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
United States Probation Office → serves → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
United States Probation Office → primaryClient → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Magistrate Judges
District of Kansas → employer → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
subject surface form: United States District Court for the District of Kansas
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges for the District of Kansas
Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse → hasCourt → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Magistrate Judges for the District of Colorado
Judicial branch of the United States government → hasComponent → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Judicial branch of the United States government → employs → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Clerk of Court for the Southern District of Florida → worksWith → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges of the Southern District of Florida
Canon 1 → appliesTo → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
United States bankruptcy judges → distinctFrom → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges
Canon 4 → bindingOn → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States magistrate judges