

Outstanding Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Filmography Film YearĪ Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story She was also married briefly to musician and screenwriter Jay Telfer and then wed actor Michael MacRae in 1995. Before divorcing in 1980, the couple had two sons, Uri (b. Special appellate rules to govern appeals from a magistrate to a district judge appear in new Rules 74 through 76.īedelia married scriptwriter Ken Luber on April 24, 1969. The choice of the alternative appeal route to the judge of the district court should be made by the parties in their forms of consent. This approach will avoid later claims of lack of consent to the avenue of appeal. To this end, the notice by the clerk under subdivision (b) of this rule shall explain the appeal option and the corollary restriction on review by the court of appeals. This subdivision provides that the parties may elect the optional appeal route at the time of reference to a magistrate. See McCabe, The Federal Magistrate Act of 1979, 16 Harv. In cases where the amount in controversy is not great and there are no difficult questions of law to be resolved, the parties may desire to avoid the expense and delay of appeal to the court of appeals by electing an appeal to the district judge. This optional appellate route was provided by Congress in recognition of the fact that not all civil cases warrant the same appellate treatment. §636(c)(4) offers parties who consent to the exercise of civil jurisdiction by a magistrate an alternative appeal route to that provided in subdivision (c) of this rule. §636(c)(1) and this rule, it is unnecessary to amend Rule 58 to provide that the decision of a magistrate is a “decision by the court” for the purposes of that rule and a “final decision of the district court” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. A hearing on contempt is to be conducted by the district judge upon certification of the facts and an order to show cause by the magistrate.

The only exception to a magistrate's exercise of civil jurisdiction, which includes the power to conduct jury and nonjury trials and decide dispositive motions, is the contempt power.

§636(c)(1) by the district court or courts he serves. In order to exercise this jurisdiction, a magistrate must be specially designated under 28 U.S.C. §636(c), which permit a magistrate to sit in lieu of a district judge and exercise civil jurisdiction over a case, when the parties consent. This subdivision implements the broad authority of the 1979 amendments to the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C.
