Local Rule Rule 303: Designation of Chief Magistrate Judge
D. Md. — General rule
RULE 303. DESIGNATION OF CHIEF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Chief District Judge shall have the authority to designate one (1) of the full-time magistrate judges as Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Maryland. The Chief Magistrate Judge shall perform such duties in connection with the administration of the magistrate judges' system within this District as the Chief District Judge may, from time to time, assign. The Chief Magistrate Judge, or a person designated by the Chief Magistrate Judge, is authorized to reassign from one magistrate judge to another matters originally assigned by a district judge to a magistrate judge pursuant to L.R. 301 and 28 U.S.C. § 636.