UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
In re: Administrative Orders of the Chief Judge Case No. 3:21-mc-1-TJC
AMENDED1 ORDER APPOINTING MERIT SELECTION PANEL
TO CONSIDER RE-APPOINTMENT OF
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE PATRICIA D. BARKSDALE
Under 28 U.S.C. § 631(b)(5) and the policies of the Judicial Conference
of the United States, a merit selection panel is established to consider the re-
appointment of United States Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale in
Jacksonville, Florida. The panel comprises:
Darcy Galnor (chair)
Mary Margaret Giannini (lawyer)
Craig Gibbs (lawyer)
Michael Gropper (lawyer)
Michael Stanski (lawyer)
Lesley Wells (layperson)
Edward Fernandez (layperson)
The panel must review Magistrate Judge Barksdale’s performance and
comments received in response to the public notice of re-appointment, and the
panel may interview Magistrate Judge Barksdale. No later than April 29,
2021, the panel must recommend to the Court whether to re-appoint
Magistrate Judge Barksdale for another term. The Court has notified each
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Amended to substitute a panel member who is no longer able to serve.
panel member in writing of the one year restriction on a panel member’s
applying for a magistrate judgeship. See Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 3,
Ch. 4, § 420.30.20(d).
The Clerk of Court must publish notice of the Middle District of Florida’s
consideration of the re-appointment and shall assist the panel as needed.
DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida this 3rd day of
February, 2021.
s.
copies:
Honorable Patricia D. Barksdale
United States Magistrate Judge
Elizabeth Warren
Clerk of Court
Panel members
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