Magistrate Judges; Disposition of Misdemeanor Cases – 18

U.S.C. § 3401. All misdemeanor cases shall be assigned to a magistrate judge upon the filing of an information, complaint, or violation notice. A magistrate judge may: (a) (b) (c) try persons accused of, and sentence persons convicted of, misdemeanors committed within this district in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3401; direct the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office to conduct a presentence investigation in any misdemeanor case; conduct a jury trial in any misdemeanor case where Defendant so requests and is entitled to trial by jury under the Constitution and laws of the United States, which includes any offense, including offenses charged under the Assimilated Crimes Act, for which a term of imprisonment of more than six months may be imposed; and (d) dispose of minor offenses that are transferred to this district under Fed. R. Crim. P. 20.