Ex-Judges to 5th Circuit: Reject Rule That Would Make Vacating Magistrate References Easier

The former jurists expressed concern about the potential for “retroactive challenges to dozens of cases tried by a magistrate judge in a close-knit legal community, even when no actual bias is alleged or proven.”

       

The former jurists expressed concern about the potential for “retroactive challenges to dozens of cases tried by a magistrate judge in a close-knit legal community, even when no actual bias is alleged or proven.”