United States v. Charles C. Waters

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

In this criminal case, Charles Waters appeals the revocation of his term of supervised release. Waters contends that the revocation proceedings were invalid because the District Court improperly allowed a magistrate judge to conduct the final hearing. Waters also argues that the Magistrate Judge erred by considering hearsay evidence during the hearing and that the District Court erred by sentencing him in absentia following revocation. We conclude that the controlling statute authorizes magistrate judges to conduct final revocation-of-supervised-release hearings…