Legal Opinion

Hernandez-Ruiz v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 23, 2003No. 02-16995; D.C. Nos. CV-01-00647-JCC, CR-93-00580-1-JCCPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM**

This court lacks jurisdiction over Delfino Hernandez-Ruiz’s appeal. Hernandez relies on 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(3) in appealing Magistrate Judge Carruth’s denial of his motion for writ of error coram nobis directly to this court. However, 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(3) permits appeal from a judgment of a magistrate judge directly to the court of appeals only in cases “referred under paragraph (1) of this subsection.” Paragraph (1), in turn, specifies that the parties may consent to allow a magistrate judge to conduct proceedings in a civil matter. 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1).

However, Hernandez’s…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. SoolookCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993

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