The following excerpt is from USA v. Gomez Lepe, 207 F.3d 623 (9th Cir. 1999):
Consideration of the scope of a magistrate judge's authority in felony matters is not a new subject. As we held in United States v. Foster, 57 F.3d 727, 732 (9th Cir. 1995), rev'd on other grounds, 133 F.3d 704 (1998) (en banc), vacated as to that ground, 119 S. Ct. 32 (1998):
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