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  Daily Journal Staff Writer 

  SAN DIEGO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill Burkhardt makes it a practice, when she can,
  to read motions or pleadings, research the citations, analyze and evaluate the issues,
  then put the matter aside and review it another day.  

  "There's both a conscious and an unconscious part of that process," she said. "So
  sometimes you're literally shampooing your hair, thinking about these issue... (continued)