[DOWNLOAD] "Farmer v. Litscher" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Farmer v. Litscher
- Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 18, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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The appellants are state prisoners who petitioned the district court pro se for writs of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Γ§ 2254. By consent of the parties, see 28 U.S.C. Γ§ 636(c), the district court referred both cases for all proceedings to Magistrate Judge Goodstein, who denied the petitions and refused to issue certificates of appealability. 28 U.S.C. Γ§ 2253(c)(1). The appellants now seek certificates from us. We consolidated the cases and directed counsel to brief the following question: does a magistrate judge acting with the parties consent have the authority under Γ§ 636(c) to issue a final judgment in a Γ§ 2254 proceeding?