Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 1441(d) 28 U.S.C. § 1603(a) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 466 U.S. 408, 416 471 U.S. 462, 472 Circuit Courts 342 F.2d 775, 776 879 F.2d 682, 683-684 965 F.2d 825, 826-827 8 F.3d 284, 288-289 46 F.3d 1071, 1076 120 F.3d 1112, 1126 246 F.3d 1278, 1282 422 F.3d 1059, 1073 425 F.3d 836, 840 430 F.3d 221, 229 431 F.3d 353, 372 434 F.3d 1213, 1218-1219 465 F.3d 1210, 1217 499 F.3d 1228, 1232 511 F.3d 1060, 1065-1069 514 F.3d 1063, 1070 520 F.3d 1183, 1189 528 F.3d 712, 724 533 F.3d 1192, 1197 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure Fed. R. App. P. 34(f) 476 F. Supp. 2d 444, 452 729 F. Supp. 657, 660