Rule 72
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Rule 72 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs how parties may object to and seek review of decisions made by magistrate judges in civil cases.
Aliases (2)
- Rule 72(b) ×9
- Rule 72(a) ×5
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
procedural rule
→
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → rule subsection → rule subsection → |
| appliesTo |
civil cases
→
dispositive matters handled by magistrate judges → parties in civil actions → pretrial matters decided by magistrate judges → |
| authoritySource | Rules Enabling Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2071–2077 → |
| bindingOn |
United States district courts
→
parties in federal civil litigation → |
| citationForm | Fed. R. Civ. P. 72 → |
| consequenceOfNoncompliance | waiver of appellate review in many circuits → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| doesNotApplyTo |
criminal procedure rules
→
state court proceedings → |
| enactedBy | Supreme Court of the United States under the Rules Enabling Act → |
| governs |
dispositive motions
→
habeas corpus applications → nondispositive pretrial matters → objections to magistrate judge decisions → prisoner petitions → review of magistrate judge decisions → |
| hasSection |
Rule 72(a)
→
Rule 72 →
surface form: "Rule 72(b)"
|
| implementedBy | local rules of federal district courts → |
| jurisdiction | United States federal courts NERFINISHED → |
| language | English → |
| legalDomain | civil procedure → |
| legalSystem |
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
→
surface form: "United States federal civil procedure"
|
| partOf |
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
→
surface form: "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
|
| purpose | to provide a mechanism for district court review of magistrate judge decisions → |
| relatedTo |
28 U.S.C. § 636
→
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure →
surface form: "Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure"
|
| requires |
magistrate judge to enter proposed findings and recommendations
→
specific written objections → timely objections to magistrate judge orders → timely objections to magistrate judge recommendations → |
| reviewedBy | district judge → |
| scope | federal civil proceedings only → |
| setsTimeLimit |
14 days for filing objections
→
14 days for objections to nondispositive orders → 14 days for objections to proposed findings and recommendations → |
| standardOfReview |
clearly erroneous or contrary to law
→
de novo review → |
| subjectMatter | magistrate judge authority and review → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Rule 72(b)"