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  1. 1 day ago · From 1997 to 1998, Hawley served as a law clerk to Judge Michael P. McCuskey on the Illinois Third District Appellate Court and again on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in 1998. From 1998 to 1999, he served as a law clerk for Justice James D. Heiple on the Illinois Supreme Court. From 1999 to 2014, Hawley served in ...

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    Magistrate means a minor judicial officer, who administers the law in a particular area, i.e. district or town. He/She is someone who hears the civil or criminal cases and passes judgement. The types of magistrate are: 1. Judicial Magistrate: After consultation with the High Court, the State Government may notify the number of courts of judicial ma...

    The general meaning of a judge is the one who makes a judgement. In law, a judge is described as a judicial officer who administers court proceedings and is elected to hear and give a judgement on the legal cases considering various facts and details of the case. Depending on the jurisdiction, the power, functions and appointment method of the judg...

    A judge is someone, who has got the decision making power in the law court, on a certain matter. The verdict made by the judge of the supreme court is final and no further appeal can be made. On the other hand, the magistrate is more like an administrator who looks after law and order of the particular area.

  2. A judicial officer of a district court who conducts initial proceedings in criminal cases, decides criminal misdemeanor cases, conducts many pretrial civil and criminal matters on behalf of district judges, and decides civil cases with the consent of the parties. Source: Glossary of Legal Terms , United States Courts.

  3. Magistrate judges are appointed by a majority vote of the federal district judges of a particular district. They serve for a term of eight years if full-time, or four years if part-time. Magistrate judges may be reappointed. and may be reappointed. Magistrate Judges are judicial officers who assist U.S. district judges in performing their duties.

  4. Biographical Information of all United States Magistrate Judges (1968 to present) United States Magistrate judges are judicial officers of the Northern District of Illinois appointed by the district judges pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §631 and Article I of the United States Constitution. Since 1968, over 40 United States Magistrate Judges have been ...

  5. University of Illinois, Chicago, 1992. Graduate. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Law. DePaul College of Law, 1997. Contact. Official website. Jonathan Hawley is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. [1] He joined the court on March 1, 2014.

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  7. The magistrate judge's seat is not a separate court; the authority that a magistrate judge exercises is the jurisdiction of the district court itself, delegated to the magistrate judge by the district judges of the court under governing statutory authority, local rules of court, or court orders. Rather than fixing the duties of magistrate judges nationwide, the Federal Magistrates Act allows ...

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