Local Rule LR 72.1: Magistrate Judges
N.D. Ala. — General rule
LR 72.1 Magistrate Judges.
(a) The full time Magistrate Judges of this Court are authorized to exercise all powers and perform all duties authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 636 (a) and (b), including duties not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the United States.
(b) Procedures outlining the assignment and reassignment of civil matters, including pretrial nondispositive matters, pretrial dispositive motions and prisoner petitions to the Magistrate Judges are contained in the General and Standing Orders of the Court.
(c) Procedures outlining the assignment of criminal matters, including dates conferred or imposed on United States Magistrate Judges by statute or by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are contained in the General and Standing Orders of the Court.