district court judge

British  

noun

1. Former name: magistrate.  a judge presiding over a lower court

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Example Sentences

District Court Judge David O. Carter, who issued the housing order, was also skeptical.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court Judge David O. Carter kicked off the hearing in November with a searing review of the city’s “pattern of defiance of settlement agreement and the deadlines contained within it with performance or performative compliance only resulting in the wake of court hearings.”

From Los Angeles Times

As attorneys presented their closing arguments Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom, District Court Judge Jeanette Staton reminded prosecutors that the burden was on the challengers of the map to prove racial intent.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, who found that lawmakers cannot be denied entry for visits “unless and until” the government could show that no appropriations money was being used to operate detention facilities.

From Los Angeles Times

The New York federal district court judge gave Doyle a tongue-lashing and sentenced him to six years in prison, twice the time stipulated in his plea bargain, citing his record that included 11 convictions.

From The Wall Street Journal