N.D.N.Y. L.R. 72.1 — Authority of Magistrate Judges (Amended January 1, 2024)
A published court requirement that applies in New York. Category: Local Rules. Effective January 1, 2026. Verified against the official source (N.D.N.Y. — Local Rules (U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York)) on November 3, 2026.
Summary
N.D.N.Y. L.R. 72.1 — Authority of Magistrate Judges (Amended January 1, 2024): the court's own rule, verbatim from the Local Rules of Practice, United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, effective January 1, 2026 (official PDF, sha-custodied). Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York as its section states (Section VIII, Provisional And Final Remedies And Special Proceedings), alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
Requirement
(a) A full-time Magistrate Judge is authorized to exercise all powers and perform all duties permitted by 28 U.S.C. § 636(a), (b), and (c) and any additional duties that are consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States. Part-time Magistrate Judges are authorized to exercise all of those duties, except that only those Magistrate Judges whom the Court specifically designates are authorized to perform duties allowed under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and any additional duties consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States. (b) Appeal of a Magistrate Decision. Any party may file an appeal from a Magistrate Judge's decision of a non-dispositive matter to the assigned District Judge by filing with the Clerk and serving upon all parties their appeal from the decision. There is no filing fee. The party must file and serve its notice of appeal and appellant’s brief within fourteen (14) days after being served with the Magistrate Judge's order and must specifically designate the order or part of the order from which the party seeks relief and the basis for the appeal. Opposition papers are due 14 days after the appellant’s brief is filed and shall also include a memorandum of law responsive to the appellant’s arguments. Appellant’s reply brief is due 7 days after the appellee’s brief is filed. Unless the Court directs otherwise, it will decide all appeals on submission of the papers without oral argument. (c) Objections to a Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation. Any party may object to a Magistrate Judge's proposed findings, recommendations, or report issued pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and (C) within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of the Magistrate Judge's recommendation. The party must file with the Clerk and serve upon all parties written objections which specifically identify the portions of the proposed findings, recommendations, or report to which it has an objection and the basis for the objection. The party shall file with the Clerk a transcript of the specific portions of any evidentiary proceedings to which it has an objection. Objections may not exceed twenty-five (25) pages without the Court's prior approval. The opposing party may file and serve its response to the objections within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy of the objections. The objecting party may not file a reply. The Court will proceed in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b) or Rule 8(b) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Petitions, as applicable.
Source of truth
(a) A full-time Magistrate Judge is authorized to exercise all powers and perform all duties permitted by 28 U.S.C. § 636(a), (b), and (c) and any additional duties that are consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States. Part-time Magistrate Judges are authorized
- Source health
- Healthy · checked November 14, 2026
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Last verified
- November 3, 2026benchpath-nyfed-rules-2026-11-03
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