FILED
Dec 22 2005
United States District Court
Northern District of Ohio
General Order
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2005-19
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
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RE-DESIGNATION OF THE )
VENUE OF CIVIL CASES ) ORDER NO. 2005-19
ORIGINATING FROM ERIE AND ) VACATING GENERAL ORDER
HURON COUNTIES TO TOLEDO ) NO. 2003-72
UNDER LOCAL RULE 3.8 FOR )
CASE ASSIGNMENT PURPOSES )
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In December, 2003, due to an imbalance in pending civil cases between the judges
in the Eastern Division and the judges in the Western Division, with Western Division
judges having dockets that were in many cases two to three times as large, General Order
No. 2003-72 was issued to better serve the parties in all cases arising in the Western
Division, and to more equitably balance the workload of the entire Court.
In anticipation of the judgeship vacancy created when Judge David A. Katz took
senior status one year ago being filled in the very near future, which will result in a
reduction in size of the dockets of the district judges in the Western Division as a result
of creating the docket for the new district judge, General Order No. 2003-72 will be
vacated effective, Tuesday, January 3, 2006. At that time, civil cases arising out of Erie
and Huron counties will resume being designated as having a venue of Toledo under
LR 3.8 for the purpose of the random case assignment under LR 3.4.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT
James G. Carr
Chief Judge
United States District Court
