General Order 2018-1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
GENERAL ORDER EXERCISING ADJOINING DISTRICT
JURISDICTION BY UNITED STATES
MAGISTRATE JUDGES
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 63l(a), and in accordance with actions taken by the Judicial
Conference of the United States 1,
IT IS ORDERED that the full-time magistrate judge at Texarkana in the Western District
of Arkansas is authorized to serve in the adjoining Eastern District of Texas and this authorization
being given for the purpose or carrying out any of the duties of magistrate judges specified in 28
U.S .C., 18 U.S.C., and the Local Rules and General Orders of the Eastern District of Texas and
the Western District of Arkansas and is made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of
each of the district courts involved.
Signed February _3_, 2018.
FOR THE COURT:
P.K. Holmes, Chief Judge Ron Clark, Chief Judge
Western District of Arkansas Eastern District of Texas
1 The September 20, 1993 Report of Proceedings, the Judicial Conference of the United States authorized
the magistrate judge position of the Eastern District of Texas (Sherman and Tyler positions) to serve in
the Western District of Arkansas, and the magistrate judge position of the Western District of Arkansas
(Hot Springs or El Dorado or Texarkana) to serve in the Eastern District of Texas.
General Order 18-04
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GENERAL ORDER EXERCISING ADJOINING DISTRICT
JURISDICTION BY UNITED STATES
MAGISTRATE JUDGES
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 63 l(a), and in accordance with actions taken by the Judicial
Conference of the United States 1,
IT IS ORDERED that the full-time magistrate judge at Texarkana in the Eastern District of
Texas is authorized to serve in the adjoining Western District of Arkansas and this authorization
being given for the purpose or carrying out any of the duties of magistrate judges specified in 28
U.S.C., 18 U .S.C., and the Local Rules and General Orders of the Eastern District of Texas and
the Western District of Arkansas and is made by the concurrence of a majority of the judges of
each of the district courts involved.
Signed February 3, 2018.
FOR THE COURT:
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P.K. Holmes, Chief Judge Ron Clark, Chief Judge
Western District of Arkansas Eastern District of Texas
1
The September 19-20, 1984 Report of Proceedings, the Judicial Conference of the United States
authorized the part time magistrate at Texarkana to exercise jurisdiction in the adjoining Western District
of Arkansas. Additionally, the September 20, 1993 Report of Proceedings, the Judicial Conference of the
United States authorized the magistrate judge position of the Eastern District of Texas (Sherman and
Tyler positions) to serve in the Western District of Arkansas, and the magistrate judge position of the
Western District of Arkansas (Hot Springs or El Dorado or Texarkana) to serve in the Eastern District of
Texas.
