The following excerpt is from Manning v. Zamora, 1:12-cv-01621-LJO-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
A party to a federal civil case has, subject to some exceptions, a constitutional right to proceed before an Article III judge. Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 479 (9th Cir. 1993);
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