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  GENERAL ORDERS
 

2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1990, 1984

     
  2009 General Orders
    General Order 09-20 General Order Assigning Civil and Criminal Action
    General Order 09-19 General Order Appointing CJA Panel Members
    General Order 09-18 General Orders Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions (Supercedes GO-08-15)
    General Order 09-17 Reappointing United States Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie
    General Order 09-16 Adopting Statewide Habeas Form
    General Order 09-15 General Order Appointing John Malcolm Bales as United States Attorney
    General Order 09-14 District Judge Case Assignments
    General Order 09-13 Amending General Order 09-12
    General Order 09-12 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
    General Order 09-11 Amended General Order Adopting Collateral Forfeiture Schedule For The Longview Veterans’ Administration Clinic
    General Order 09-10 Adopting Fine Schedule For The Longview Veteran's Administration Clinic
    General Order 09-09 Divisional Assignment And Apportionment Of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
    General Order 09-08 Effective Date Of U.S. Magistrate Judge Amos L. Mazzant's Appointment
    General Order 09-07 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 09-06 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 09-05 Regarding Operating Procedures For The Local Rules Advisory Committee
    General Order 09-04 Assigning Civil And Criminal Actions
    General Order 09-03 Appointing U.S. Magistrate Judge Amos L. Mazzant
    General Order 09-02 Appointing CJA Panel Members
    General Order 09-01 Adopting The U.S. Probation Office Policies And Procedures Manual
     
  2008 General Orders
    General Order 08-15 Assigning Civil And Criminal Actions
    General Order 08-14 Suspending The Collection Of Fees For The Non-Appropriated Fund
    General Order 08-13 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
    General Order 08-12

Lifting Continuance In Beaumont Division Civil And Criminal cases
    General Order 08-11 Continuing Beaumont Division Civil And Criminal Cases In Light Of Hurricane Ike
    General Order 08-10 Adopting Fine Schedule For The Red River Military Reservation
    General Order 08-09 Employee Relocations Necessitated By The Opening Of The Plano Courthouse
    General Order 08-08 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 08-07 Regarding Unclaimed Registry Funds
    General Order 08-06 Regarding CM/ECF Database Technical Failure
    General Order 08-05 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 08-04 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 08-03 Assigning Civil And Criminal Actions
    General Order 08-02 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 08-01 Assigning Civil And Criminal Actions
     
  2007 General Orders
    General Order 07-11 Appointing CJA Panel Members
    General Order 07-10 Reconstituting Court Security Committee
    General Order 07-09 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 07-08 Regarding Transcript Rates
    General Order 07-07 Amending Plan For Administration Of The Non-Appropriated Fund
    General Order 07-06 Amending Jury Plan
    General Order 07-05 Amending Jury Plan
    General Order 07-04 Reappointing Magistrate Judge Earl S. Hines
    General Order 07-03 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
    General Order 07-02 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 07-01 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
     
 
    2006 General Orders
    General Order 06-18 Appointing CJA Panel Members
    General Order 06-17 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 06-16 Appointing U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Everingham IV
    General Order 06-15 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 06-14 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
    General Order 06-13 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
    General Order 06-12 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
    General Order 06-11 Adopting Hurricane Evacuation Procedures
    General Order 06-10 Adopting Forfeiture of Collateral Schedule for the
U.S. Forestry Service in the Eastern District of Texas
    General Order 06-09 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 06-08 Amending Local Rule CV-5(a)(7)
    General Order 06-07 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
    General Order 06-06 Amending Patent Rule 3-6 Final Contentions
    General Order 06-05 Reassigning Cases
    General Order 06-01 Transferring Magistrate Judge McKee's Pending Cases and Motions
   
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    2005 General Orders
    General Order 05-24 Appointing CJA Panel Members
    General Order 05-23 Divisional Assignment And Apportionment Of Cases Among U.S. Magistrate Judges
    General Order 05-22 Assigning Civil And Criminal Actions
    General Order 05-21 Adopting Plan For The Administration Of Non-Appropriated Funds
    General Order 05-20 Changing Appointment Date For U.S. Magistrate Judge John Love
    General Order 05-19 Amending Local Rules
    General Order 05-18 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
    General Order 05-17 Regarding Special Sessions Of Court Outside The District Due Hurricane Rita
    General Order 05-16 Second General Order Reassigning Judge Cobb's Cases
    General Order 05-15a Temporarily Waiving Pacer User Fees In Counties Affected By Hurricane Rita
    General Order 05-14 Temporary Transfer of Judge Cobb's Cases to Judge Clark
  General Order 05-13 Reappointing Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven
  General Order 05-11 Appointing U.S. Magistrate Judge John Love
  General Order 05-10 Referring Habeas Corpus Actions
  General Order 05-09 Regarding Standing Orders
  General Order 05-08 Adopting Uniform Patent Rules
  General Order 05-07 Magistrate Judge Referral Order - Pro Se Non-Prisoner Cases
  General Order 05-06 Referring Social Security Cases
  General Order 05-05 Referring º 2254 and º 2241 Habeas Corpus Cases
  General Order 05-04 Referring Prisoner Civil Cases
  General Order 05-03 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
  General Order 05-01 General Order Amending Local Admiralty Rule
 
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    2004 General Orders
  General Order 04-27 Appointing CJA Panel Members
  General Order 04-25 Appointing Committee On Standing Orders
  General Order 04-24 Amending Local Rules
  General Order 04-23 RE: Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of
Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 04-19 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 04-18 Appointing Chief Probation Officer
  General Order 04-17 Amending Local Rule CV-7
    Exemption Order to General Order 04-16 : RE: Courtesy Paper Copies - Signed T. John Ward 8/31/2004
  General Order 04-16 Regarding Paper Courtesy Copies
  General Order 04-15 Transferring Criminal Actions
  General Order 04-12 Electronic Filing
  General Order 04-11 Attorney Disciplinary Procedures
  General Order 04-10 Amending Local Rule CV-10
  General Order 04-08 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 04-07 Amended General Order Regarding Courthouse Security
  General Order 04-05 Adopting Continuity of Operations
  General Order 04-04 Amending Administration for Non-Appropriated
  General Order 04-03 Regarding Pre-Sentence Investigation Interviews
  General Order 04-02 Appointing CJA Panel Members
  General Order 04-01 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection
Panel
 
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    2003 General Orders
  General Order 03-28 Divisional Assignment & Apportionment of Cases Among US Magistrate Judges
  General Order 03-27 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 03-26 Assigning Cases
  General Order 03-25 Delaying Effective Date of Certain Amendments to the Local Rules
  General Order 03-24 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 03-23 Amending Local Rules
  General Order 03-21 Authorizing Limited Distribution of "Statement of Reasons" Information
  General Order 03-20 Appointing Judge Heartfield to the Court Security Committee
  General Order 03-19 Transferring Selected Marshall Division Tort Cases to Judge Leonard Davis
  General Order 03-18 Designating Chief Bankruptcy Judge
  General Order 03-17 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 03-16 Referring All Non-Prisoner ProSe Cases to Magistrate Judges for Pretrial Management
  General Order 03-15 Referring All Non-Prisoner ProSe Cases to Magistrate Judges for Pretrial Management
  General Order 03-14 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 03-13 Regarding Attorney-Mediator Compensation
  General Order 03-12 Adopting Forfeiture of Collateral Schedule
  General Order 03-09 Amending Local Rule CV-77
  General Order 03-08 Adopting Occupant Emergency Plans and Continuity of Operations Plan
  General Order 03-07 Regarding Disclosure of Financial Information Information for Pre-sentence, Probation and Supervised Release Cases
  General Order 03-06 Amended General Order Regarding Transcript Rates
  General Order 03-05 Appointing U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald D. Bush
  General Order 03-04 Transferring Magistrate Judge Faulkner's Pending Cases and Motions
  General Order 03-03 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among Magistrate Judges
  General Order 03-02 Transcript Rates
  General Order 03-01 Appointing CJA Panel Members
 
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    2002 General Orders
  General Order 02-11 Amending Local Rules
  General Order 02-10 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 02-09 Appointing U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald D. Bush
  General Order 02-08 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 02-07 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
  General Order 02-06 Adopting Revised Fifth Circuit Model EEO/EDR Plan
  General Order 02-05 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions /Divisional Assignment & Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 02-04 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions /Divisional Assignment & Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 02-03 Appointing District Court Security Committee
  General Order 02-02 Plan for the Reimbursement of Attorney's Fees and Expenses in Non-Criminal Justice Act ("CJA") Cases
  General Order 02-01 Order of Appointment
   
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    2001 General Orders
  General Order 01-19 Appointing CJA Panel Members
  General Order 01-18 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 01-17 Amending Local Rules
  General Order 01-16 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 01-15 Regarding Printing Fees at Courthouse Public Access Terminals
  General Order 01-14 Amending General Order Regarding Courthouse Security
  General Order 01-13 Order of Appointment
  General Order 01-12 Reappointing Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie
  General Order 01-11 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 01-10 Regarding Disclosure of Confidential Information for Probation and Supervised Release Cases
  General Order 01-09 Appointing Magistrate Judge Advisory Panel
  General Order 01-08 Appointing Court History Committee
  General Order 01-07 Reappointing Magistrate Judge Robert Faulkner
  General Order 01-06 Amending Local Rule CV-7(H) and Effective Date of General Order 00-11
  General Order 01-05 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
  General Order 01-04 Amending Management Plan for Court Reporting and Recording Services
  General Order 01-03 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among U.S. Magistrate Judges
  General Order 01-02 Adopting Certain Collateral Forfeiture Schedules
  General Order 01-01 Appointing CJA Panel Members
 
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    2000 General Orders
  General Order 00-11 Amending Local Rules
  General Order 00-10 Adopting U.S. Probation Office Corrective, Disciplinary and Adverse Action Policy and the Workplace Drug Testing Program
  General Order 00-09 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 00-08 Reassignment
  General Order 00-07 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 00-06 Amending Local Rule 6
  General Order 00-05 Divisional Assignments and Apportionment of Cases among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 00-04 Amending Local Rules CV-5, CV-10 and CV-11 and Adding Local Rule CV-77
  General Order 00-03 Adopting Budget Organization Plans for U.S. District Clerk's Office and U.S. Probation
  General Order 00-02 Reappointing Magistrate Judge Earl S. Hines
  General Order 00-01 Appointing CJA Panel Members
 
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    1999 General Orders
  General Order 99-13 Regarding Revocation of Probation and Supervised Release Cases
  General Order 99-12 Amending Court-Annexed Mediation Plan
  General Order 99-11 Divisional Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 99-10 Amending and Deleting Certain Local Rules
  General Order 99-09 Amending CJA Panel Membership
  General Order 99-08 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 99-07 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
  General Order 99-06 Amending and Deleting Certain Local Rules
  General Order 99-05 Regarding Realtime Transcript Rates
  General Order 99-04 Appointing CJA Panel Members
  General Order 99-03 Regarding Attorney-Mediator Compensation Under the Court-Annexed Mediation Plan
  General Order 99-02 Adopting Certain Amendments to the Court-Annexed Mediation Plan
  General Order 99-01 Requiring Motions to be Re-Urged in Transferred or Removed Cases
 
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    1998 General Orders
  General Order 98-10 Division Assignment and Apportionment of Cases Among United States Magistrate Judges
  General Order 98-09 Transferring Judge William Wayne Justice's Pending Cases
  General Order 98-08 Amending and Deleting Certain Local Rules
  General Order 98-07 Amending Mediation Plan
  General Order 98-05 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
  General Order 98-02 Appointing Employment Dispute Resolution Coordinator
  General Order 98-01 Adopting Plan for the Reimbursement of Attorney Expenses in Civil Cases
 
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    1997 General Orders
  General Order 97-21 Amending Local Rules Cv-10 and Cr-49
  General Order 97-18 Amending and Deleting Certain Local Rules
  General Order 97-17 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
    General Order 97-16 Order Adopting New Forms For Prisoners Filing Actions Under 42 USC 1983
  General Order 97-14 Appointing Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel
  General Order 97-12 Converting Provisions of the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan...
    General Order 97-11 Authorization For U.S. Probation Officers To Carry Firearms
  General Order 97-08 Amending and Renumbering the Local Rules and the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan
    General Order 97-05-A Adopting Admended Plan For The Random Selection Of Jurors
  General Order 97-04 Amended General Order on Criminal Procedures
  General Order 97-02 Assigning Civil and Criminal Actions
     
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    1996 General Orders  
    General Order 96-09 Regarding Revocation of Pretrial Release
 
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    1994 General Orders
    General Order 94-01 Regarding Interest-Bearing Registry Funds
  General Order 94-38 Pre-sentence Investigation Reports
 
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    1993 General Orders  
    General Order 93-03 Sealed Indictments
    General Order 93-04 Sealed Criminal Matters
    General Order 93-08 Court Registry Investment System
     
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    1990 General Orders  
    General Order 90-12 Court Registry Investment System
     
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    1984 General Orders
  General Order 84-06 Order of Reference of Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings Nunc Pro Tunc
 
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