Local Rule LR 53.1: SERVICE AS SPECIAL MASTER
N.D. Ga. — Civil rule
LR 53.1 SERVICE AS SPECIAL MASTER
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(2), a judge may designate a magistrate judge to serve as a special master in a civil case assigned to that judge. Appointments of magistrate judges as special masters are subject to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53 only when the order referring the matter expressly provides that the reference is made under Rule 53.