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Sep. 9, 2010

Peter Lind Shaw

Peter Lind Shaw sits in a unique position as the country's only federal appellate commissioner.

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By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Peter Lind Shaw, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' lone appellate commissioner, plays a unique role in the federal court system.

Lind, 61, functions much the way magistrate judges work in federal trial courts, yet he's conducting business at the appellate level.

"I'm the first and only," said Shaw from his chambers at 9th Circuit headquarters in San Francisco. &q... (continued)

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