UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Eastern District of Kentucky
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
FILED
IN THE MATTER OF PRETERMISSION OF
PIKEVILLE AS A PLACE OF HOLDING COURT Robert R. Carr
IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
Clerk, U.S. District Court
GENERAL ORDER 25-15
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Upon the Courts own motion, and it appearing that by Order dated September 17,
2025, subject to the consent of the Judicial Council of the Sixth Circuit, that all further
business of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Pikeville
was ordered pretermitted,
It further appearing that the Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, Chief Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on October 29, 2025, made Certification of
Consent of the Judicial Council for the Sixth Circuit for the pretermission of all further
business of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Pikeville
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 140(a), and the Court being otherwise sufficiently advised,
IT IS ORDERED HEREIN AS FOLLOWS:
1. That effective December 31, 2025, all business of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Pikeville, be, and the
same hereby is, pretermitted;
2. That all pending cases at Pikeville be transferred to and docketed upon
the regular docket of the Ashland and London Division of the Court as
follows:
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(a) If arising in Johnson, Magoffin or Martin Counties, Kentucky, to the
Ashland Division;
(b) If arising in Pike, Letcher, Floyd or Knott Counties, Kentucky, to the
London Division.
3. That all matters filed on or after January 1, 2026 shall be assigned as
follows:
(a) If arising in Johnson, Magoffin or Martin Counties, Kentucky, such
cases shall be filed at the Ashland Division of the Court;
(b) If arising in Pike, Letcher, Floyd or Knott Counties, Kentucky, such
cases shall be filed at the London Division of the Court.
4. That Johnson, Magoffin and Martin Counties, Kentucky are hereby
transferred to and shall constitute one of the counties serving and served
by the Ashland Division of the Court for all purposes;
5. That Pike, Letcher, Floyd and Knott Counties, Kentucky are hereby
transferred to and shall constitute one of the counties serving and served
by the London Division of the Court for all purposes
This 31st day of October, 2025.
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CERTIFICATION OF CONSENT
This is to certify that, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 140(a), the foregoing order
pretermitting all further business of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Kentucky at Pikeville has been duly received and consented to by the Judicial Council for the
Sixth Circuit of the United States.
This 29th day of October 2025.
Jeffrey S. Sutton, Chief Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the
Sixth Circuit
