UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
STANDING ORDER FOR UNITED STATES SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE
RICHARD A. SCHELL
In order to promote judicial efficiency, it is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court
shall enter a copy of this order in the undersigned’s cases in the following circumstances:
1. In criminal cases that have been transferred to the undersigned for sentencing, once the
defendant has been sentenced and after the judgment and statement of reasons have been
entered, the Clerk of Court shall transfer the case back to the transferring district judge
and original magistrate judge.
2. The Clerk of Court shall reassign all closed cases, whether they are civil, criminal, or
miscellaneous, to an active district judge in the division if a post-judgment motion or any
post-judgment activity is filed. If the closed case was transferred to the undersigned, the
Clerk of Court shall transfer the case back to the transferring district judge.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
. SIGNED this the 13th day of June, 2023.
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RICHARD A. SCHELL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
