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.

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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

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Rule 72 hasSection Rule 72
this entity surface form: "Rule 72(b)"

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