United States Seventh Circuit

Magistrate judge had authority to preside over defendant's trial where defendant and his counsel filed a written consent to be tried before the magistrate, and defendant did not suffer any prejudice from the magistrate judge's failure to explain his right to trial, judgment, and sentencing by a district judge.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/04/2001
• Decided 07/11/2001
• Published 07/11/2001

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, MANION, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark J. Vogel (argued), Office of U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick W. O'Brien (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.