A magistrate judge may be removed for incompetency, misconduct, neglect of duty, or physical or mental disability.
She had previously served as a magistrate judge in the same court since 2006.
She held this position until being named a magistrate judge in the same district in 1980.
He retired from his state court position in 2003, when he became a part-time federal magistrate judge.
Prior to his appointment, he had been a magistrate judge on that court.
A magistrate judge held that producing the passphrase would constitute self-incrimination.
She joined the court as a magistrate judge in 2006.
He pled guilty before a magistrate judge, and was remanded to custody.
