Legal Opinion
Walter Olie Noorlander v. Dr. P. J. Ciccone, Director
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1973No. 73-1532PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
A question of importance to the effective administration of justice is raised on this appeal — whether a district court rule, which permits a judge to delegate to a magistrate the power to hold preliminary evidentiary hearings in federal and state habeas corpus cases is valid. We give a qualified affirmative answer to that question.
The question arises out of a prisoner petition filed with the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The prisoner, an inmate at the United States Medical Center at Springfield, alleged that he had been denied equal…
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