A magistrate is not a judge per se, as they have no authority over high classed misdemeanors or any felony criminal offenses or civil matters that exceed a specific amount of damage claim.
The United States was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, first noticed by doctors in young gay men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981. In the United States, 1.2 million people live with HIV, about 1/8th of whom are unaware of their infection.
As of December 31, 2000, 774,467 persons had been reported with AIDS in the United States; 448,060 of these had died; 3542 persons had unknown vital status. The number of persons living with AIDS (322,865) is the highest ever reported. Of these, 79% were men, 61% were black or Hispanic, and 41% were infected through male-to-male sex.