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28 U.S.C. § 639 — Definitions
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As used in this chapter—
(1) “Conference” shall mean the Judicial Conference of the United States;
(2) “Council” shall mean the Judicial Council of the Circuit;
(3) “Director” shall mean the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
(4) “Full-time magistrate judge” shall mean a full-time United States magistrate judge;
(5) “Part-time magistrate judge” shall mean a part-time United States magistrate judge; and
(6) “United States magistrate judge” and “magistrate judge” shall mean both full-time and part-time United States magistrate judges.
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As used in this chapter—
(1) “Conference” shall mean the Judicial Conference of the United States;
(2) “Council” shall mean the Judicial Council of the Circuit;
(3) “Director” shall mean the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
(4) “Full-time magistrate judge” shall mean a full-time United States magistrate judge;
(5) “Part-time magistrate judge” shall mean a part-time United States magistrate judge; and
(6) “United States magistrate judge” and “magistrate judge” shall mean both full-time and part-time United States magistrate judges.
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**(a)** The Director shall furnish to United States magistrate judges adequate docket books and forms prescribed by the Director. The Director shall also furnish to each such officer a copy of the current edition of the United States Code.
**(b)** All property furnished to any such officer shall remain the property of the United States and, upon the termination of his term of office, shall be transmitted to his successor in office or otherwise disposed of as the Director orders.
**(c)** The Director shall furnish to each United States magistrate judge appointed under this chapter an official impression seal in a form prescribed by the conference. Each such officer shall affix his seal to every jurat or certificate of his official acts without fee.
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**(a)** The judges of each United States district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United States magistrate judges in such numbers and to serve at such locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a magistrate judge appointed by the district court of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate judge were a United States district court. Where there is more than one judge of a district court, the appointment, whether an original appointment or a reappointment, shall be by the concurrence of a majority of all the judges of such district court, and when there is no such concurrence, then by the chief judge. Where the conference deems it desirable, a magistrate judge may be designated to serve in one or more districts adjoining the district for which he is appointed. Such a designation shall be made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of each of the district courts involved and shall specify the duties to be performed by the magistrate judge in the adjoining district or districts.
**(b)** No individual may be appointed or reappointed to serve as a magistrate judge under this chapter unless:
(1) He has been for at least five years a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands of the United States, except that an individual who does not meet the bar membership requirements of this paragraph may be appointed and serve as a part-time magistrate judge if the appo
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 639
(b) All property furnished to any such officer
shall remain the property of the United States
and, upon the termination of his term of office,
shall be transmitted to his successor in office or
otherwise disposed of as the Director orders.
(c) The Director shall furnish to each United
States magistrate judge appointed under this
chapter an official impression seal in a form pre-
scribed by the conference. Each such officer
shall affix his seal to every jurat or certificate
of his official acts without fee.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 917; Pub. L. 90–578,
title I, § 101, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1114; Pub. L.
101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 528, 528a (June 28,
1906, ch. 3573, 34 Stat. 546; July 10, 1946, ch. 548, 60 Stat.
525).
Section consolidates section 528 and part of section
528a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with changes in phrase-
ology necessary to effect consolidation.
Provisions of section 528a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
relating to dockets and forms, are incorporated in sec-
tion 639 of this title.
Words ‘‘Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts’’ were substituted for ‘‘Attorney
General’’, contained in section 528 of title 28, U.S.C.,
1940 ed., in view of Act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, § 6, 53 Stat.
1226, 28 U.S.C., 1940 ed., following § 446, giving the Direc-
tors supervision of court administrative matters.
Changes in phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1968—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–578 incorporated in provi-
sions designated as subsec. (a) provisions of first par. of
former section 639 of this title, substituting ‘‘United
States magi
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