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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FILED
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO DIVISION MAY 0 1 2012
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HONORABLE KATHLEEN CARDONE § ALL CIVIL CASES
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STANDING ORDER
1. This Order governs all civil cases assigned to this Court.
2. The following matters are hereby referred to the United States Magistrate Judges for the E]
Paso Division:
a. All discovery issues;
b. All non-prisoner requests to proceed in forma pauperis; and
c. All suits brought to review the final decision of the Commissioner of Social
Security Administration. Unless the parties consent to a final decision by the
Magistrate Judge to whom the case is referred, such determination will be in the
form of a report and recommendation.
3. Cases referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to this Order shall be randomly
assigned.
4. All parties appearing in a civil proceeding before this Court, with the exception of
proceedings involving appeals from the decisions of administrative agencies, habeas corpus
proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254 and 2255 and civil complaints by
incarcerated prisoners, are required to participate in formal mediation after the filing of a
responsive pleading but prior to the scheduled settlement conference date. The failure of a
named defendant to file a responsive pleading within the time set forth in Rule 12 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in no way obviates this requirement, in which case the
parties that have appeared are obligated to notify this Court of such failure to appear and
proceed in mediation.
SO ORDERED.
SIGNED on this 1* day of May, 2012.
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KATALEEN CARDOKE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
