Quintin Orpiano v. Gene M. Johnson, Warden W. P. Rodgers, Asst. Warden (Security) R. A. Clendenen Correctional Corporal

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1982-09-10

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ERVIN, Circuit Judge: This appeal raises the issues whether a prisoner’s § 1983 action was properly referred to a magistrate under 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(B) without the prisoner’s consent, and whether the district court made a proper review of the record before accepting the magistrate’s recommendations. We hold that consent from the prisoner…

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