Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 15, 1985, 84-1969 (L. Richard Wolff v. L. Carl Wolff)

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A party who consented to trial before a magistrate, with appeal of right to the district court pursuant to the Magistrate’s Act,

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seeks to appeal the district court’s judgment. The Act permits such an appeal only with leave of the circuit court based upon a petition “stating specific objections to the judgment.