· 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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