Mendes Junior International Company v. M/v Sokai Maru, Atlanta Maritime Corporation and Sanko Kisen Kk

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• entry of judgment by magistrate judge without the appropriate consent and reference or special order of designation results in a lack of jurisdiction
• “[A]bsence of the appropriate consent and reference (or special designation) order results in a lack of jurisdiction (or at least fundamental error that may be complained of for the first time on appeal).”
• “When the magistrate enters judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1), absence of the appropriate consent and reference (or special designation) order results in a lack of jurisdiction (or at least fundamental error that may be complained of for the first time on appeal).”
• “It is the law of [the Fifth Circuit] that when judgment on a matter is entered by the district court, and not the magistrate [judge], failure to obtain the consent of the parties to proceeding before the magistrate [judge] is only a procedural error, not a jurisdictional error.”

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