Columbia Record Productions, Etc. v. Hot Wax Records, Inc., Etc., and Edward J. Holland, (Two Cases)

CANBY, Circuit Judge.

Edward J. Holland, Jr. appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for relief from a magistrate judge’s order under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He also challenges the magistrate judge’s authority to enter the underlying order. We reverse.

This case arises from the efforts of Columbia Record Productions to enforce a judgment for $100,000 that it obtained against Holland in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Columbia, having discovered that Holland had assets in California, secured a writ of execution from the…