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636(b)(1)(B) Authorizes Nonconsensual Referral To Magistrate

The U.S. Supreme Court held that 28 U.S.C.A. § 636(b)(1)(B) authorized
nonconsensual referrals to a magistrate both in cases involving challenges
to ongoing conditions of confinement and cases where a specific instance
of constitutional violations by prison officials is alleged.

Petitioner John McCarthy, a Connecticut state prisoner, brought a civil ...

 

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