Notice is hereby given of an anticipated vacancy for a full-time United States Magistrate Judge position for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This vacancy is contingent upon the confirmation and appointment of the current incumbent, the Honorable Robin M. Meriweather, to a position as a judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Applications will be accepted through Friday, March 22, 2024.

Duties

The duties of the position are demanding and include: in criminal matters, presiding over most preliminary proceedings, trials and disposition of misdemeanor cases, and various pretrial and evidentiary proceedings, upon referral or delegation from a district judge; and reviewing and determining government applications for surveillance and warrants; and in civil matters, presiding over trials and other dispositions, upon consent of the litigants; overseeing pretrial discovery; preparing reports and recommendations; and conducting mediations.

Requirements

Qualifications

The basic authority of a United States Magistrate Judge is specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636, and further specified under the Local Rules of this Court, see LCvRs 72.1-73.1; LCrRs 32.1, 57.17, 58 and 59.1-59.3. To be qualified for appointment, an applicant must: be, and have been for at least five years, a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the United States Virgin Islands; have been engaged in the active practice of law for at least five years. The court may consider, as substitute experience for the active practice of law, experience as a state judicial officer; a federal magistrate judge, bankruptcy judge or other federal judicial officer; an attorney for a federal or state agency; a law clerk, staff attorney or pro se law clerk (maximum two years); and other substantial legal experience; be competent to perform all the duties of the office, of good moral character, emotionally stable and mature, committed to equal justice under the law, in good health, patient, courteous, and capable of deliberation and decisiveness; not be 70 years of age or older, for an initial appointment; and not be related to a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia within the degree of first cousin.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address US District and Bankruptcy Courts for DC United States District Court E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse 333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 1130 Washington, DC 20001 US
• Name: Human Resources
• Email: [email protected]