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This Court’s order of May 2, 1988 amending the duty judge procedures previously
implemented in the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas is hereby superceded
in its entirety as follows:
A. Each active U.S. District Judge residing in the San Antonio Division shall be
designated, on a random rotating basis, as Duty Judge. The Duty Judge shall be
available to hear and preside over the following:
1. All grand jury matters, including, but not limited to: notices of disclosure
pursuant to Rule 6(e)(3)(A)(ii), FED. R. CRIM. P.; Ex Parte motions for
disclosure and to produce documents; writs of habeas corpus; motions to
compel, produce, or quash; and applications for immunity;
2. Wiretap and pen register applications in matters not assigned to any District
Judge;
3. Applications for government access to records pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
2703 (c)(1)(B);
4. Matters arising from magistrate judges’ proceedings which are not assigned
to a District Judge, including but not limited to, release or detention of a
defendant and competency examinations;
5. Emergency naturalization matters; and
6. Transfer of Jurisdiction (Probation Form 22) cases transferred from another
district to this district.
B. The selection of the Duty Judge for each succeeding month shall be accomplished by
a random assignment system which contains the names of the active Judges in an
equal number. The random assignment should be done by the Clerk at the beginning
of each calendar year for the entire year. This information shall not be made public
prior to the week before the beginning of each month.
C. Any emergency matter arising in a case pending before a Judge who is physically
absent from the Western District of Texas may, upon written or oral certification
from the Judge’s office setting forth grounds therefore, be referred to the Duty Judge
to act upon the matter requiring immediate relief in the case. Such cases shall remain
on the docket of the Judge to whom it was originally assigned. Uncontested matters
wherein the parties cannot be prejudiced through delay occasioned by the normal
course of business, shall not be deemed emergency matters for referral to the Duty
Judge.
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SIGNED and ENTERED this, the gt day of March, 2001.
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