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Amending Administrative Order No. 402

S.D. Ill. Standing Order — Amending Administrative Order No. 402

May 21, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS IN RE: CASE ASSIGNMENTS. ) Administrative Order No. 404 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Administrative Order 402 is amended to properly reflect what has been the district’s practice when re-assigning cases that were formerly assigned to now-retired District Judge David R. Herndon and now-retired District Judge Michael J. Reagan, since October 2020, when District Judge David W. Dugan and District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn joined the Court. Specifically, the last paragraph on page 4 of Administrative Order 402 is modified to state as follows (emphasis added to reflect modification): Any civil case currently assigned to a former or retired magistrate judge shall be reassigned among the district’s three magistrate judges equally and randomly. Any criminal case currently assigned to a former or retired magistrate judge shall be reassigned to the duty magistrate judge. Any cases assigned to retired District Judge David R. Herndon shall be reassigned to District Judge David W. Dugan; any cases assigned to retired District Judge Michael J. Reagan shall be reassigned to District Judge Stephen P. McGlynn. All other cases assigned to former or retired district judges shall be reassigned among the district judges equally and randomly. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: May 21, 2025 ____________________________ NANCY J. ROSENSTENGEL Chief U.S. District Judge
Official source: https://www.ilsd.uscourts.gov/sites/ilsd/files/AdminOrder404.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23