UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT - DISTRICT OF NEVADA

The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States magistrate judge for the District of Nevada with a duty station (chambers) in Reno, Nevada. The position replaces retiring Magistrate Judge Carla L. Baldwin.    The duties of the magistrate judge position are demanding and wide-ranging, including: (1) conduct of most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases; (2) trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases; (3) conduct of various pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings on delegation from a district judge; and (4) trial and disposition of civil cases upon consent of the litigants. The basic authority of a United States magistrate judge is specified in 28 U.S.C. 636.  The current annual salary of the position is $229,908.  The term of office is eight years.   To be qualified for appointment an applicant must: Be, and have been for at least five years, a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of...