JUDGES
(a) Consent.
Upon written consent of the parties, a full time Magistrate Judge for the District of
Wyoming may conduct any or all proceedings in any civil case which is filed in this Court
[28 U.S.C. § 636]. A form of consent is available on the Court’s website:
https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/forms.
(b) Random Case Assignments.
The Court will randomly assign civil cases to a full-time magistrate judge as the trial
judge to preside over all non-dispositive and dispositive motions, evidentiary hearings and trial.
These random assignments will exclude prisoner cases, cases seeking injunctive relief and social
security/bankruptcy appeals. The Court will determine the percentage of civil cases to be
assigned to each magistrate judge.
In those civil cases fully assigned to a magistrate judge, each party shall execute and
mail/email to the Clerk’s Office within fourteen (14) days from the filing of an answer or other
responsive filing (i.e., a motion to dismiss) either a written consent to the exercise of authority
by the full-time magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), or a written election to have the
action reassigned to a district judge.
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