The following excerpt is from Stanley v. Chappell, No. 2:95-cv-1500 JAM CKD (E.D. Cal. 2015):
Sanctions are non-dispositive matters which may be imposed by magistrate judges. 28 U.S.C. 636(b)(1); Grimes v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 240 (9th Cir. 1991). Because sanctions are non-dispositive matters, review of sanctions issued by magistrate judges is governed by the "clearly
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