ENTERED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRCT C RT MAY 3 I 20!6
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST RGUUA
TERESA L. DEPPNER, CLERK
U.S. District Court
STANDING ORDER Southern District of West Virginia
RE: REFERENCE OF CERTAIN PETITIONS FILED UNDER
JOHNSON V. UNITED STATES, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) TO
MAGISTRATE JUDGE DWANE L. TINSLEY
Pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, Title 18, U.S.C. §3006A(a)(l) and
(c), and because of the need to efficiently process the review of cases under Johnson v. United
States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and where Orders were previously entered appointing the Federal
Public Defender for the Southern District of West Virginia or W. Michael Frazier, a CJA Panel
Attorney, to represent certain defendants, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk refer said
counseled cases under Johnson to the Honorable Dwane L. Tinsley, United States Magistrate
Judge, for total pretrial management and submission of proposed findings of fact and
recommendation for disposition.
Matters filed under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2255 or 2241 in light of Johnson that were referred at the
time of filing to Magistrate Judge Cheryl A. Eifert or Magistrate Judge Omar J. Aboulhosn,
pursuant to the Court's Standing Order In Re: Assignment and Referral of Civil Actions and
Matters to Magistrate Judges entered January 4, 2016, shall be re-referred to Magistrate Judge
Dwane L. Tinsley upon entry of any future Order appointing the Federal Public Defender or a CJA
Panel Attorney.
The Clerk is directed to place a copy of this Order in every civil or criminal case filed to
date or in the future under Johnson v. United States and where the Court has appointed the Federal
Public Defender or a CJA Panel Attorney.
The Clerk is also directed to send a certified copy of this Order to the United States
Attorney, the Federal Public Defender, the Chief Probation Officer and to each Magistrate Judge
in this District.
So ORDERED this 3151 day of May, 2016.
ENTER:
ROBERT C. CHAMBERS
Chief Judge, United States District Court
