FILED
Aug 08 2019
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
AMENDED GENERAL ORDER NO. 2009-04
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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ESTABLISHMENT OF A REENTRY )
COURT PROGRAM TO TARGET ) ORDER NO. 2009-04-2
THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF HIGH RISK )
OFFENDERS )
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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has established a Reentry
Court Program at each Court location to address the risk, needs, and responsivity of
individuals on supervised release who are most likely to benefit from this Program. The
Pretrial Services and Probation Office uses a tool called the Post-Conviction Risk
Assessment (PCRA) to help identify those individuals.
Reentry Court Programs in each location shall be administered by a district judge
with the assistance of a magistrate judge.
The Pretrial Services and Probation Office shall notify the Clerk’s Office by
memorandum whenever cases/participants are assigned to or leave the program. All
cases referred to the Reentry Court Program shall remain with the judicial officer
assigned to the case. However, in the Western Division, all participants/cases assigned
to the Reentry Court Program shall be transferred to the docket of Judge Jeffrey J.
Helmick, who administers the program in Toledo with the assistance of a magistrate
judge.
The Federal Public Defender’s Office shall be appointed to represent program
participants in all proceedings pertaining to the Reentry Court Program, unless
otherwise directed by subsequent order of the Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT
Patricia A. Gaughan
Chief Judge
