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IN RE= DESIGNATION OF A CERTAIN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
WEST VIRGINIA TO SERVE THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
JOINT ORDER
It appearing to the Judges of the United States District Courts for the Southern. District of
Ohio and the Northern District of West Virginia:
1. That the position of part-time United States Magistrate Judge at Steubenville, Ohio, has
been discontinued by the Judicial Conference of the United States;
2. That there is from time to time a need for the issuance of warrants and the performance of
other non-trial judicial functions in portions of the Southern District of Ohio which are
nearer to Wheeling~ West Virginia, than to locations in the Southern District of Ohio
where a federar judicial officer regularly holds court;
3. That the Southern District of Ohio adjoins the Northern District ofWest Virginia;
4. That a majority of the District Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Ohio and a majority of the District Judges of the Northern District of West
Virginia concur that it is desirable for a United States Magistrate Judge at Wheeling,
West Virginia to be authorized to perform certain limited judicial functions in the
Southern District of Ohio in order to avoid the need for federal law enforcement officers
and others to travel inordinate distances to make applications to or otherwise seek the
services of a federal judicial officer for the issuance of warrants and the perfonnance of
other duties specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636(a)(l) and (2);
5. That the Judicial Conference of the United States, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 63l(a), has
deemed it desirable for the Magistrate Judge at Wheeling. West Virginia, to be
designated to serve in the Southern District of Ohio, as set forth in records of the
proceedings ofthe Conference conducted in December, 1983; and
IT IS ORDERED that the Honorable James Mazzone a United States Magistrate Judge
whose official station is at Wheeling, West Virginia, be and he hereby is DESIGNATED as
authorized to perfonn within or with respect to the Southern District of Ohio the duties
specified in 28 U.S.C. § 6363(a)(l) and (2) as currently in force. It is further
ORDERED that the designation herein made shall be entered of record in each of the
captioned courts; that the Clerk for the Southern District of Ohio shall promptly mail a
certified copy ofthis Joint Order to the Director of the Administrative Office and deliver a
certified oopy of this Order to each United States District Judge in the Southern District of
Ohio, and that the Clerk for the Northern District ofWest Virginia shall deliver a copy of this
joint Order to the United States Magistrate Judge designated herein, and deliver a certified
copy of this Joint Order to each United States District Judge for the Northern District of West
Virginia.
GUS, JR.
ChiefU . s District Judge
for the Southern District of Ohio
G!NAM.GROH
Chief Unitoo States District Judge
for the Northern District ofWesl Virginia
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