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United States magistrate judge

appointed to assist United States federal district court judges
Intangible position Q7892548
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Summary

United States magistrate judge is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Subclass of: judge[4]
  • Foundational text: Federal Magistrates Act of 1968[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United States magistrate judges[6]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: United States[7]
  • Different from: United States federal judge[8], administrative law judge[9]

Why It Matters

United States magistrate judge is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved . en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Pudox · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 2
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'ja']
    Applies to jurisdiction → United States
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → judge
    Instance of → position
    Country → United States
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007565793005171
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565793005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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