He held that post until becoming a federal magistrate judge in 2001.
She filled a new position and became the sixth magistrate judge.
He previously served for 12 years as a magistrate judge in the same district.
Chen served as a federal magistrate judge from 2001 until 2011.
Prior to his appointment, he had been a magistrate judge on that court.
The clerk of the court is a part-time magistrate judge.
A full-time magistrate judge serves a term of eight years.
It has two district judges and one full-time magistrate judge.
But he is to appear today before the magistrate judge and agree to be returned to Manhattan without a hearing.
He was chief magistrate judge from 2003 to 2008.