28 APPENDIX U.S.C. § 5.1
COMMITTEE NOTES ON RULES-1998 AMENDMENTThe Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-317, abolished appeals by permission under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(5), making Rule 5.1 obsolete. Rule 5.1 is, therefore, abrogated.