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FILED
�- REPEALED BY STANDING ORDER 2021-07
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT APR O 2 2018
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
AT 8:30_____ M
WILLIAM T. WALSH
CLERK
IN RE:
STANDING ORDER 18-2
SOCIAL SECURITY PILOT PROJECT
Considering that a significant number of cases seeking review of the Commissioner of
Social Security's decision denying an application for benefits ("SSA appeals") are filed in this
District, and that the Court and United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey
("United States") share an interest in facilitating the efficient resolution of such appeals; and
considering that the United States has agreed to participate in a Pilot Project for the assignment
of SSA appeals; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, parties to an SSA
appeal may consent to the appeal being decided by a Magistrate Judge of this District, with
judgment entered following the Magistrate Judge's decision on the SSA appeal, and with appeals
from the Magistrate Judge's ruling being directly to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
("Magistrate Judge jurisdiction"); and
WHEREAS, the Court has retained Recalled Magistrate Judges for the express purpose
of deciding SSA appeals during the period of this Pilot Project; and
WHEREAS, the United States has indicated its general consent to Magistrate Judge
jurisdiction in cases of this nature, subject to its reserved rights to withdraw the consent in a
given case and to withdraw its general consent;
IT IS, on this 2 nd day of APRIL, 2018, ORDERED that:
The plaintiff may file his/her consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction by signing and
filing the consent form attached hereto, no later than (30) days from the date of issuance of the
Proposed Consent to Jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge SSA; and that
If the plaintiff timely consents to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, the case shall be deemed
assigned to a Recalled Magistrate Judge without the necessity of an order of referral; and that
If the plaintiff does not timely consent to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, the SSA appeal
will likewise be assigned to a Recalled Magistrate Judge but the Recalled Magistrate Judge will
prepare a Report and Recommendation, which may be reviewed de novo by a district judge,
rather than being directly appealable to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pending assignment to a Recalled Magistrate Judge,
all SSA appeals will be temporarily assigned to the docket of the Chief Judge; and
The Court reserves the right to modify this order from time to time, or to rescind the
order entirely, as the Court determines in light of experience.
JO E L. LINARES
C •ef United States District Judge
istrict of New Jersey
