What authority does a magistrate judge have in determining dispositive matters?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sharonoff v. Warden, No. 2:13-cv-0794 TLN AC P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
"The authority of magistrate judges is limited by 28 U.S.C. 636, under which a magistrate judge may hear and determine nondispositive matters but not dispositive ones." Bastidas v. Chappell, 791 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2015) (internal citations omitted). "As to dispositive matters, the magistrate judge may go no further than issuing a report and recommendation to the district court, which then must undertake de novo review." Id. (citations omitted).
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