Cases - 18 U.S.C. § 3401.
A magistrate judge may:
(a) Try persons accused of, and sentence persons convicted
of, misdemeanors committed within this district in accordance
with 18 U.S.C. § 3401;
(b) Direct the Probation Office to conduct a presentence
investigation in any misdemeanor case;
(c) Conduct a jury trial in any misdemeanor case where the
defendant so requests and is entitled to trial by jury under the
Constitution and Laws of the United States;
(d) Dispose of minor offenses that are transferred to this
district under Fed. R. Crim. P. 20.
