Technology,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 19, 2022
District court should have treated jurist’s ruling as ‘nonbinding’
“Because the magistrate judge lacked the consent of the parties to rule on such matters, he lacked jurisdiction to enter an order denying the application, and the district court should have treated the magistrate judge’s ruling at most as a nonbinding recommendation subject to de novo review,” 9th Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. wrote.
Apple suffered its latest legal loss when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals published its decision to compel the tech giant to provide certain documents to facilitate the petitioner’s foreign patent infringement case.
In vacating the decision of the Northern District court, Circuit Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel, “Because the magistrate judge lacked the consent of the parties to rule on such matters,...
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