OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The question being decided by the Court today is whether an order of reference to the Magistrate of this district for "hearing and determination" of a civil non-jury case by stipulation of the parties and counsel was ultra vires and beyond the jurisdiction delegated to United States Magistrates under Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(b); violative of defendants' constitutional rights and void ab initio.
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