UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE CLERK’S OFFICE
CLERK’S OFFICE
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Eastern District of Tennessee
) Date: Dec 15, 2021, 7:54 am
IN RE: USAO CERTIFICATION FOR ) SO-21-18
CRIMINAL CASES FILED IN )
CHATTANOOGA DIVISION ) Chief District Judge
) Travis R. McDonough
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STANDING ORDER
This Standing Order hereby supersedes Standing Order 21-04, dated February 9, 2021.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 137, it is hereby ORDERED that the United States Attorney’s Office
(USAO) shall, for all new criminal cases filed in the Chattanooga Division of the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, certify to the Court whether the matter
was pending in the USAO before December 21, 2020 as follows:
1. The USAO shall submit a certification with each new criminal case filed in the Court’s
Chattanooga Division stating whether the matter was pending in the USAO before
December 21, 2020.
2. The certification shall be filed with the case-initiating document (such as the complaint,
indictment, information, etc.) in the Court’s Electronic Case Filing System (CM/ECF).
3. If the certification states that the matter was not pending in the USAO before December
21, 2020, the case will be randomly assigned to either Chief United States District Judge
Travis R. McDonough, United States District Judge Charles E. Atchley, Jr., or Senior
United States District Judge Curtis L. Collier.
4. If the certification states that the matter was pending on or before December 21, 2020, the
case will be randomly assigned to either Chief United States District Judge Travis R.
McDonough or Senior United States District Judge Curtis L. Collier.
This certification requirement will remain in effect until further ordered by the Court.
SO ORDERED.
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