{"id":127124,"date":"2025-07-18T04:44:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=127124"},"modified":"2025-07-18T04:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:44:59","slug":"ex-judges-to-5th-circuit-reject-rule-that-would-make-vacating-magistrate-references-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/07\/18\/ex-judges-to-5th-circuit-reject-rule-that-would-make-vacating-magistrate-references-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Judges to 5th Circuit: Reject Rule That Would Make Vacating Magistrate References Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former jurists expressed concern about the potential for &#8220;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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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