Pub. L. 102-572, tit. I, sec. 103

JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO MODIFY OR REVOKE PROBATION OR SUPERVISED RELEASE AFTER IMPRISONMENT.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 174 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 103. JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO MODIFY OR REVOKE PROBATION OR SUPERVISED RELEASE AFTER IMPRISONMENT. Section 3401 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d) by striking “and to revoke or reinstate the probation of any person granted probation by him.” and inserting “and to revoke, modify, or reinstate the probation of any person granted probation by a magistrate judge.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(h) The magistrate judge shall have power to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. “(i) A district judge may designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge, including, in the case of revocation, a recommended disposition under section 3583(e) of this title. The magistrate judge shall file his or her proposed findings and recommendations.”.