McCarthy v. Bronson, No. 90-5635 (U.S. Supreme Court) (500 U.S. 136; 111 S.Ct. 1737) (May 20, 1991) (Justice Stevens)
In this case the Court addressed a provision of the prison litigation statutes, namely 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), which authorized the nonconsensual reference to magistrate judges of "prisoner petitions challenging conditions of confinement." In ruling on the scope of § 636(b)(1)(B), the unanimous Court interpreted the section's "conditions of confinement" ...
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