UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
AMENDED GENERAL ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS TO
DISMISS CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS PURSUANT
TO FEDERAL RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 48(a)
IT IS ORDERED that motions filed in MJ cases assigned to the Duty Magistrate Judge
to dismiss felony criminal complaints without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure 48(a) be reassigned to the Chief Judge of the District Court for further handling.
No regular criminal case deck credit will be provided to the Chief Judge for these
reassigned MJ cases if these MJ cases require no action beyond granting the order of dismissal.
If additional action beyond granting the order of dismissal is required, the Chief Judge shall have
the case randomly reallotted.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this _____
13th day of ____________,
May 2025.
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NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN
CHIEF JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
