The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States magistrate judge for the District of Connecticut at New Haven, Connecticut. The current annual salary for this position is $201,112, and the term of office is eight years. The position is available effective October 12, 2021.

The duties of the position are demanding and wide-ranging and will include: (1) conducting most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases, including but not limited to search warrants, criminal complaints, bond matters, and pretrial motion hearings; (2) conducting settlement conferences in civil cases; (3) trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases; (4) conducting various pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings on referral from a district judge; and (5) trial and disposition of civil cases upon consent of the litigants. The basic authority of a United States magistrate judge is specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636.

More information and eligibility requirements are found in PUBLIC NOTICE: APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE.

Application forms and more information on the magistrate judge position in this court may be obtained from: Robin D. Tabora, Clerk, 141 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, (203) 773-2140. The form is also available on the court’s Internet website at http://www.ctd.uscourts.gov and in the Clerk’s Offices of the district court in New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport.

Completed applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on November 15, 2021. 

All applications will be kept confidential, unless the applicant consents to disclosure, and all applications will be examined only by members of the merit selection panel and the judges of the district court. The panel’s deliberations will remain confidential.

The successful applicant must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and, prior to appointment, present proof of vaccination.