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
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NANCY J. ROSENSTENGEL
Chief U.S. District Judge