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The magistrate judge's seat is not a separate court; the authority that a magistrate judge exercises is the jurisdiction of the district court itself, delegated to the magistrate judge by the district judges of the court under governing statutory authority, local rules of court, or court orders. Rather than fixing the duties of magistrate ...
In Georgia, each county has a chief magistrate, elected by the voters of the county, who has the authority to hold preliminary hearings in criminal cases, conduct bench trials for certain misdemeanor offenses, including deposit account fraud (bad checks), grant bail (except as to very serious felony charges), and preside over a small claims court for cases where the amount in controversy does ...
Embry Jerode Kidd (born 1983) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He is a designate to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The position of stipendiary magistrate in New Zealand was renamed in 1980 to that of district court judge. The position was often known simply as "magistrate" or with the postnominal initials "SM" in newspapers' court reports. In the late 1990s, a position of community magistrate was created for District Courts on a trial basis. A community ...
Jonathan Eugene Hawley (born 1971) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois since 2024. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2014 to 2024.
The following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
Magistrate's courts of Israel; Magistrate's Court of Jersey; Magistrates' Court (Kenya) District Court (New Zealand), replaced magistrate's courts in 1980; Magistrate's court (Russia) Magistrate's court (South Africa) Magistrate's court (Sri Lanka) Magistrate court (West Virginia)
On February 27, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Crews to a seat being vacated by Judge Raymond P. Moore, who subsequently assumed senior status on June 20, 2023. [9] Crews was the third magistrate judge to be nominated for a district court vacancy in Colorado. [6]