UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
STANDING ORDER ASSIGNING SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL CASES
FILED IN THE SHERMAN DIVISION TO A MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Effective March 1, 2025, and notwithstanding other case assignment orders of this Court,
the Clerk will randomly assign, at the time of filing, each appeal from the final decision of the
Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to § 405(g) of the Social Security Act filed in the
Sherman Division to a magistrate judge in the Sherman Division to serve as presiding judge and
immediately thereafter send the parties a form to consent to proceed before the magistrate judge.
The assigned magistrate judge may also separately invite the parties to consent.
If all parties consent, the case will remain assigned to the magistrate judge for all purposes,
including the entry of final judgment under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) and Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 73. If the parties do not consent, the Clerk will randomly reassign the case to a
district judge pursuant to General Order 25-02 and automatically refer the case to a magistrate
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judge within the division of the district judge for decisions on non-dispositive matters and findings
of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation for the disposition of the case.
This order does not apply to any case that was filed before March 1, 2025.
SO ORDERED and Effective as of the 1st day of March, 2025.
AMOS L. MAZZANT, III
Chief Judge
SEAN D. JORDAN
United States District Judge
