28 U.S.C. § 482
Section 482 · Definitions
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 166 F. Supp. 2d 109 - Chao v. Local 54, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union (2001)
Most recently applied in United States v. McLean (June 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
As used in this chapter, the term “judicial officer” means a United States district court judge or a United States magistrate.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Change of Name
Reference to United States magistrate or to magistrate deemed to refer to United States magistrate judge pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.