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15 Fed. Cts. L. Rev. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/fecourtl15 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FEDERAL COURTS LAW REVIEW* Volume 15 2023 TEN DOLLAR JUDGES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1850 AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT* Douglas A. Lee** IN TR O D U CTIO N .......................................................................3 I. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS AND MAGISTRATE JUDGES: FORGOTTEN JUDICIAL OFFICERS IN AM ERICAN LAW ........................................................ 7 $ The Federal Courts Law Review is a publication of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. Editing support is provided by the members of the Mississippi Law Journal. * Copyright o 2021 by Douglas A. Lee. ** Douglas A. Lee retired from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts in August 2019 after working there for 30 years. He spent his entire career at the AO working primarily with and for United States magistrate judges, serving from 2013 to 2019 as the Special Advisor for Magistrate Judges in the Judicial Services Office. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1979 and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1983, where he was a member of the law review. The author would like to thank the Honorable Kevin Nathaniel Fox, retired United States Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York, who suggested in 2017 that I research the role of circuit court commissioners under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, thereby inspiring this article. I give additional thanks to William H. Halverson, Jonathan S. Lee, Charles Six, and Bret G. Saxe, who read drafts of the article and provided valuable edits and insights. Valuable research assistance was provided by Peter G. McCabe; the Honorable Leslie G. Foschio, recalled United States Magistrate Judge, Western District of New York; and Thomas C. Davis, Special Advisor for United States Magistrate Judges, Administrative Office of U. S. Courts. I dedicate this article to my wife Lynn R. Halverson, who reviewed every word and whose love and support makes everything possible. The author can be contacted at douglee999@gmail.com. 1

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