⚠ Recovered from a scanned original by OCR — check the official PDF before quoting exact language.
FILED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT “IB APR 4 PI S# 20
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS —
EL PASO DIVISION
STANDING REFERRAL ORDER §
RE: PRISONER AND IMMIGRATION §
DETAINEE CIVIL RIGHTS CASES §
STANDING ORDER
1, This Order shall govern all prisoner and immigration detainee civil rights cases
filed in this Division until further notice from the undersigned District Judges.
2 All prisoner and immigration detainee civil rights cases are hereby referred to
the United States Magistrate Judges of this Division on an ongoing basis to
conduct all preliminary proceedings not inconsistent with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)
and Appendix C of the Local Rules of this District, including to issue a
scheduling order, to hear and determine any pretrial matter, to guide
discovery, and to issue proposed findings of fact and recommendations for
disposition by this Court of any dispositive motion prior to trial.
3 The District Clerk shall randomly assign prisoner and immigration detainee
civil rights cases to a United States Magistrate Judge.
4. In cases subject to this Order, the District Clerk shall prepare and distribute
Court copies of the pleadings, notices, and orders filed therein to the
Magistrate Judge to whom the cases is referred and to the District Judge to
whom ultimate responsibility for the matter is assigned.
5. This Order amends and supersedes the Court’s Standing Orders of April 22,
2010, and May 15, 2012, regarding prisoner civil rights cases.
SO ORDERED.
SIGNED this 4th day of April, 2016.
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PHILIP R. MARTINEZ Leer CAR DONE
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DAVID BRIONES
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