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· 3/21/1990

United States v. Danny Lee Wey

Citations

  • 895 F.2d 429

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “it may be that the defendant’s consent could authorize the judge to designate a magistrate, under 28 U. S. C. § 636(b)(3), to preside over jury selection”
  • jury selection by magistrate is not plain error where no prejudice is shown
  • courts may commit error and even violate the Constitution, but this does result in the loss of subject matter jurisdiction
  • when district court enters judgment, question of whether parties consented to proceed before magistrate judge does not affect the court’s subject-matter jurisdiction, but is merely a procedural question
  • jury selection by magistrate is not plain error where no prejudice is shown
  • criticizing France’s approach to Gomez

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Judges: Cummings, Easterbrook, Eschbach

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