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Standing Order Referring ALM and SDJ's Non-Patent Non-Habeas and Non-Pro Se Cases to a Magistrate Judge

E.D. Tex. Standing Order (Sean Jordan) · Sean Jordan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS STANDING ORDER REFERRING A PERCENTAGE OF NON-PATENT CIVIL CASES ASSIGNED TO A SHERMAN DIVISION DISTRICT JUDGE TO A MAGISTRATE JUDGE Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 and Local Rule CV-72, the Clerk will randomly refer for all pretrial proceedings, at the time of filing or reassignment, 25% of the non-patent civil cases assigned to the undersigned that are not already subject to automatic referral by General Orders . 05-07 or 05-10. Each Sherman Division magistrate judge shall receive half of such referrals from each of the undersigned. SO ORDERED and Effective as of the 1st day of July, 2025. AMOS L. MAZZANT, III Chief United States District Judge SEAN D. JORDAN United States District Judge
Official source: https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standing%20Order%20Referring% · retrieved 2026-07-22