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The current term of the office of
United States Magistrate Judge Kevin N. Fox is due to expire on October
1, 2013. The United States District Court is required by law to
establish a panel of citizens to consider the reappointment of a
magistrate judge to a new eight year term.
The duties of a magistrate judge
position include the following:
- (1) conduct of most preliminary
proceedings in criminal cases;
- (2) trial and disposition of
misdemeanor cases;
- (3) conduct of various pretrial
matters and evidentiary proceedings on delegation from the judges of the
district court; and
- (4) trial and disposition of civil
cases upon consent of the litigants.
Comments from members of the bar and
the public are invited as to whether the incumbent magistrate judge
should be recommended by the panel for reappointment by the court, and
should be directed to:
Edward Friedland
District Court Executive
U.S. Courthouse
500 Pearl Street, Room 820
New York, NY 10007-1312
Comments must be received by March 8,
2013.
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