UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL ORDER - 26-1
February 4, 2026
Amends General Order 09-3 adopted March 3, 2009, and General Order 10-01 adopted February
2, 2010.
Pursuant to Local Rule 40.1(m), it is hereby ORDERED that, effective February 4, 2026,
the automated case assignment system for civil cases will be modified so that two out of twelve
civil cases will be randomly assigned to one of the Magistrate Judges sitting in Boston.
Until the Court receives for filing a consent to the Magistrate Judge's jurisdiction, or until
a case is reassigned to a District Judge, the initial assignment of a civil case to the Magistrate Judge
is a referral to the Magistrate Judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) for decision on all pretrial non-
dispositive matters and for Report and Recommendations on dispositive matters.
So Ordered.
Denise J. Casper
Chief U.S. District Judge
