When specially designated to exercise such jurisdiction by the district court or courts s/he serves, any United States magistrate judge shall have jurisdiction to try persons accused of, and sentence persons convicted of, misdemeanors committed within that judicial district. Magistrate judges also have the authority to enter a sentence for persons convicted of a class A misdemeanor case when the parties have consented.
Any person charged with a misdemeanor, other than a petty offense may elect, however, to be tried before a district judge for the district in which the offense was committed.
A magistrate judge also may modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge.
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