Local Rule LR 72.3: Dispositive Pretrial Matters and Prisoner Cases

LR 72.3 Dispositive Pretrial Matters and Prisoner Cases.

(a) In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and (c), a full‑time Magistrate Judge may hear and conduct such evidentiary hearings as are necessary or appropriate, and submit to a District Judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations, for the disposition of: (1) applications for post‑trial relief made by individuals convicted of criminal offenses; (2) prisoner petitions challenging conditions of confinement; and (3) motions for injunctive relief (including temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions), for judgment on the pleadings, for summary judgment, to dismiss or quash an indictment or information made by a defendant, to suppress evidence in a criminal case, to dismiss or permit the maintenance of a class action, to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, to involuntarily dismiss an action, for judicial review of administrative determinations, and for review of default judgments.

(b) Any party may serve and file written objections to the Magistrate Judge's proposed findings and recommendations issued under this Rule as provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). Any objections shall specifically identify the portions of the proposed findings and recommendations to which objection is made and the basis for such objection.

(c) A Magistrate Judge may exercise the powers enumerated in the Rules Governing Section 2254 and 2255 Proceedings in the United States District Courts, in accordance with the standards and criteria established in 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).