IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
IN RE: )
RETIRED JUDGES AS COUNSEL ) Administrative Order No. 157
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §137, for a period of one year after a former
colleague retires or resigns, the chief judge will directly assign any new case in
which the former judge is counsel of record to a visiting judge or to a judge of this
court who was not on the bench at the same time as the former colleague. If the
former judge becomes counsel of record in a pending case, the judge presiding
over that case will follow the court’s standard recusal procedures as he or she
deems appropriate.
Nothing in this Administrative Order shall prohibit a law firm with which a
former judicial officer is associated from appearing in any case in this district and
using the name of the firm on its papers consistent with this appearance. Recusal
under this Administrative Order may be remitted in a case upon the informed
consent of all other parties made in writing or on the record. Finally, this
Administrative Order shall not prohibit appearances by a former judicial officer in
any case assigned to a visiting judge.
This order is dated this 18th day of May, 2014.
Digitally signed by
David R. Herndon
Date: 2014.05.18
15:30:02 -05'00'
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HONORABLE DAVID R. HERNDON
Chief United States District Judge
