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,.'[lICT OF WYOMING
AI"'R 0 3 2009
'3tephan Harris, Clerk
Cheyenne
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING
ORDER OF DESIGNATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES IN CRIMINAL CASES
Consistent with the Order Formalizing the Duties of U.S. Magistrate Judges in Criminal
Cases entered by Chief Judge William F. Downes on March 30, 2009, the full-time and part-time
magistrate jUdges for the District of Wyoming are hereby designated to hear and determine the
following matters for United States District Judge Clarence A. Brimmer: waivers of indictment;
preliminary hearings; initial appearances by criminal defendants; detention hearings; arraignments,
including both those in which defendants plead not guilty as well as guilty; and changes of plea,
with the exception of those made pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11 (c)(1 )(C). However, a
magistrate's authority to accept felony guilty pleas is conditional upon the defendant's consent and
waiver of the right to plead before a district judge.
The foregoing duties are not intended to constitute an exhaustive list of those duties which
this Court might set before a magistrate judge. Rather, they constitute duties which this Court, in
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the interest of judicial efficiency,~ commonly delegate to a magistrate. These duties may be
set before the magistrate on an informal basis without a written order of referral.
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Dated this 3,..) day of _ _-'--+-~ , 2009.
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United States District Court Judge
