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SAN FRANCISCO - To hear U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James tell it, those in her job are the most impartial and conflict-free of all the federal judiciary.

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By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
      SAN FRANCISCO - To hear U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James tell it, those in her job are the most impartial and conflict-free of all the federal judiciary.
      The life-tenured district judges who hire magistrates like James are appointed, often after party-line bickering, by the president with Congress' advice and consent.

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