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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Magistrate Judge	0
United States magistrate judges	20
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 (22)

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

United States Magistrate Judges → alsoCalled → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Magistrate Judge

this entity surface form: U.S. Magistrate Judge

Assistant United States Attorneys → appearsBefore → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ

subject surface form: Assistant United States Attorney

Code of Conduct for United States Judges → appliesTo → United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ