Can a magistrate judge amend or amend a Family Law Review?

As a practical matter, amendments to F&Rs can avoid confusion and delay. A magistrate judge may quickly correct mistakes or oversights by amendment. Because the magistrate judge is usually more familiar with a case's factual and procedural history than the district judge at that stage of the litigation, the magistrate judge can also make corrections more efficiently. Amendments may also allow the magistrate judge to address new arguments or evidence offered in objections and responses, which may inform the district judge's discretion to consider that new information. See Brown v. Roe, 279 F.3d 742, 744 (2002) ("[A] district court has discretion, but is not required, to consider evidence presented for the first time in a party's objection to a magistrate judge's recommendation." (internal quotation marks and citation omitted))