BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the issue of whether the United States Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 631-639, empowers a magistrate to enter a final appealable order in a post-judgment dispute among competing creditors of a judgment debtor without the creditors' express consent. We hold that it does not.
I.
Pursuant to a Stipulation and Consent to Entry of Judgment dated November 4, 1986, the Colorado district court in this...
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