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- 02/16/79 - Order Establishing procedure for issuance of orders for entry on premises to effect levy by Internal Revenue Service.
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| Misc. Order 2 |
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- 12/15/77 - Order establishing special miscellaneous order files and repealing previously existing local rules and miscellaneous orders.
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| Misc. Order 3 |
Criminal Justice Act Plan |
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- 09/19/00 - Amended Plan for Representation of Defendants under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964
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| Misc. Order 4 |
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| Misc. Order 5 |
Jury Plan |
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- 05/14/98 - Amended Jury Plan with attached Order of Approval on behalf of the Reviewing Panel of the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit
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| Misc. Order 6 |
Rules for Exercise of Powers and Performance
of Duties by United States Magistrates |
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- 05/05/82 - Order adopting Rules for Exercise of Powers and Performance of Duties by U.S. Magistrates
- 02/18/94 - Order amending Rule 4, Review of Magistrate Judge Orders and Recommendations and Appeals to District Judge of Civil Cases Tried by Consent
- 03/25/96 - Magistrate Judges for the Northern District of Texas are authorized sua sponte to order consolidation of such cases where two or more such actions involve common questions of law or fact, and following consolidation to order the parties to file amended pleadings in the first filed action presenting all claims or defenses asserted
- 09/22/97 - Magistrate Judges for the Northern District of Texas are authorized, without utilizing the report and recommendation procedure, to sign orders transferring cases files by prisoners by pro se plaintiffs seeking to proceed in forma pauperis to the proper or more appropriate district or division
- 8/13/98 - Order referring arraignments assigned to the docket of U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Bleil.
- 10/1/98-Order including U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Bleil in the automated civil case assignment system in the same manner as Fort Worth district judges.
- 05/05/05 - Rules for the Exercise of Powers and Performance of Duties by United States Magistrate Judges
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| Misc. Order 7 |
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- 03/01/90 - Collateral Schedule for National park Service
- 03/01/90 - Collateral Schedule for Bureau of Land Management
- 01/08/99 - Collateral Schedule for Bureau of Engraving & Printing
- 12/03/99 - Collateral Schedule for U.S. Postal Service
- 06/04/00 - Collateral Schedule for Military Reservations
- 07/18/00 - Collateral Schedule for Fish & Wildlife
- 07/18/00 - Collateral Schedule for Corps of Engineers
- 07/22/02 - Collateral Schedule for Forest Service
- 04/15/04 - Collateral Schedule for Veteran's Administration
- 07/07/04 - Collateral Schedule for GSA Property
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| Misc. Order 8 |
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- 06/23/80 - Plan for the Northern District of Texas for achieving prompt Disposition of Criminal Cases.
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| Misc. Order 9 |
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- 04/14/87 - Payment of fees for attorneys appointed under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as Amended.
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| Misc. Order 10 |
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- 08/15/73 - Civil Cover Sheet, Form J'S-44, for all cases filed as Civil Actions.
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| Misc. Order 11 |
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- 11/17/04 - Standing orders relating to bankruptcy matters.
- 04/15/05 - Recall appointment of the Honorable Robert C. McGuire.
- 07/01/05 - Recall appointment of the Honorable Robert C. McGuire.
- 09/19/05 - Appointment of Barbara J. Houser as Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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| Misc. Order 12 |
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- 02/27/76 - Order providing for fixing of condition of release.
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| Misc. Order 13 |
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- 03/18/77
- 11/18/99 - Petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Northern District of Texas by a person in state custody shall be drafted and submitted on "Exhibit A" form and attached to order
- 05/22/03 - Any motion for a certificate of appealability submitted to the Clerk's Office in a case filed in the Dallas division shall automatically be referred, without written order, to the assigned magistrate judge.
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| Misc. Order 14 |
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- 10/08/97 - Complaints filed in the Northern District of Texas by state or federal prisoners alleging civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 shall be drafted and submitted on the form attached to this order as "Exhibit A."
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| Misc. Order 15 |
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- 12/16/77 - All applications filed in the Northern District of Texas to proceed in forma pauperis without prepayment of fees or costs shall be in the form and substance of the "Affidavit Requesting Permission to Proceed in Forma Pauperis" as attached to this order.
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Procedure for Admission to Practice in the Northern
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- 04/27/93 - Adopted Plan for the Administration of the Northern District of Texas Non-Appropriated Fund.
- 10/08/97 - Changed attorney admission fee for the Northern District of Texas; amended Subsection II of the Plan for the Administration of the Non-Appropriated Fund for the Northern District of Texas; adopted Plan for Reimbursement of Attorney Expenses in Civil Cases.
- 01/02/02 - Order appointing members of the Non-Appropriated Fund Advisory Committee, each to serve for a term of two years.
- 03/08/06 - Adopted amended Plan for Administration of the Non-Appropriated Fund, including revised Plan for Reimbursement of Attorney Expenses in Civil Cases.
- 08/14/07 - adopted Article II. Financial Guidelines, paragraph G. Exemption from Payment of Fees for Federal Government Attorneys
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| Misc. Order 17 |
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- 05/16/85 - Order adopting Local Rules of Practice.
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| Misc. Order 18 |
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- 12/15/77 - Order establishing Special Miscellaneous Order Files and repealing previously existing Local Rules and Miscellaneous Orders.
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| Misc. Order 19 |
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- 15/05/77 - Order sealing all Notifications of Disclosure of Grand Jury Material Pursuant to Rule 6(e)(2)(A)(ii) and Rule 6(e)(2)(B), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
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| Misc. Order 20 |
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- 03/02/73 - Order establishing the procedure for service of Civil Process and Central Violation Summons.
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| Misc. Order 21 |
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- 05/29/80 - Order concerning Civil Jury Composition (Six members).
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| Misc. Order 22 |
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| Misc. Order 23 |
- 12/04/78 - Order establishing the procedure for issuance of inspection warrants for entry on premises by compliance officers of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.
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| Misc. Order 24 |
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- 03/25/87 - Order adopting the Model Federal Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement.
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| Misc. Order 25 |
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- 04/03/79 - Order establishing simplified procedures for the United States of America to take money judgment by default.
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| Misc. Order 26 |
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- 06/01/90 - Order regarding Petition for Disclosure of Presentence or Probation Records.
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| Misc. Order 27 |
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- 07/09/80 - Order modifying Rule 11.3 of the Local Rules of Practice Establishing Rules for Custody and Disposition of Exhibits.
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| Misc. Order 28 |
Rescinded |
| Misc. Order 29 |
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- 06/24/85 - Order amending Rule 6.1(b) of the Local Rules of Practice concerning discovery documents, Generally.
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| Misc. Order 30 |
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- 07/28/81 - Order establishing the procedure for service of Civil Process and Repeal of Miscellaneous Order No. 20.
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| Misc. Order 31 |
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- 04/15/81 - Order Relating to Persons Detailed/Incarcerated for Attendance at Criminal Trial as Witness.
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| Misc. Order 32 |
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- 10/21/81 - Criminal Cases order re: Procedure Following Appeal.
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Concerning Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings |
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- 06/20/84
- 08/03/84
- 11/16/84
- 12/03/84
- 12/19/84 - Bankruptcy Cases–RULE to convey to the bankruptcy judges of this district, authority to act in bankruptcy cases and proceedings until the Congress enacts appropriate remedial legislation in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co., U.S.M.C. 2858 (1982), or until March 31, 1984, whichever first occurs.
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| Misc. Order 34 |
Court Reporter Management Plan |
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- 07/12/04 - Adopt amended Court Reporter Management Plan (supercedes plan filed 7/12/92)
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| Misc. Order 35 |
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- 01/16/84 - ORDER of exemption from the Schedule and Planning Mandates of Rule 16(b), Fed. R.Civ.P.
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| Misc. Order 36 |
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- 12/05/83 - ORDER of procedure to be followed in all actions seeking a stay of enforcement of a state court judgment or order.
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| Misc. Order 37 |
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- 1/16/84 - ORDER--Amendment to Local Rules–Amended Local Rule 5.1(e) Responding to Motions, Time for Responses, Provision for Reply: New Local Rule 8.1(c)
Designation of Expert Witnesses; New Local Rule 12.1(d) Request for Attorney’s Fees.
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| Misc. Order 38 |
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- 12/17/84 - ORDER pertaining to the requirement and need for the U.S. Marshal in all criminal proceedings in the NDTX.
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| Misc. Order 39 |
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- 10/21/04 - ORDER pertaining to interim appointment of U.S. Attorney
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| Misc. Order 40 |
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- 12/16/85 - Order adopting Firearms Policy for the U.S. Probation Office, NDTX.
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| Misc. Order 41 |
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- 01/27/86 - Order establishing Clerk to Accept and Disburse All Restitution Payments Other than Those Payable to the United States, for Offenses committed on or after January 1, 1985.
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| Misc. Order 42 |
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- 12/02/86 - ORDER adopting schedule adopted for supervision of grand jury proceedings by the U.S. District Judges of Dallas Division.
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| Misc. Order 43 |
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- 04/17/86 - ORDER establishing that the criminal docket in Dallas Division and Assignment of Cases on such docket will include name of the Hon. Sidney A. Fitzwater.
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| Misc. Order 44 |
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- 12/23/88 - ORDER--Adding to Local Rule 5.3 amendment re: briefs, limiting length to 25 pages (reply briefs to 10 pages); also decreeing that briefs exceeding 10 pages shall contain a table of contents and a table of cases.
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Deposits for Court's Registry |
| Misc. Order
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Civil Expense and Delay Reduction Plan |
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- 05/21/02 - Adopt amended Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan for the Northern District of Texas
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| Misc. Order
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Rules Governing Practice Before Court by Law
Students and Unlicensed Law Graduates |
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Order Enforcing Sanctions Imposed by Another
Federal Court |
| Misc. Order 49 |
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- 08/30/93 - ORDER regarding matters pertaining to court interpreters.
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| Misc. Order 50 |
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- 03/07/96 - ORDER closing the Abilene courtroom for renovations during months of June and July, 1995
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| Misc. Order
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Disposition of Passports Surrendered |
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| Misc. Order 52 |
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- 07/09/96 - ORDER providing for each petition/order for a probation/supervised release violator’s warrant (PROB 12) shall be presented to the Court by U.S. Probation Office in a sealed envelope marked “SEALED”.
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| Misc. Order 53 |
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- 12/13/04 - Adopt Firearm's Policy for the Northern District of Texas (superceded policy adopted 9/9/02)
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| Misc. Order 54 |
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- 11/04/96 - ORDER approving Oleoresin Capsicum (OC), a personal defense spray, for duty use by U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services officers and has been approved for issuance to officers in the Northern District of Texas.
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| Misc. Order 55 |
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- 02/26/97 - Adopted Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Proceedings
- 05/26/98 - Adopt amended Appendix One (Initial Partial Filing Fee Order) and Appendix Two (Order Re: Collection and Payment of Full Filing Fee) to Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Proceedings.
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| Misc. Order 56 |
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- 02/18/97 - ORDER providing for each petition for action on conditions of pretrial release and order for warrant to be presented to the Court by the U.S. Pretrial Service Office in a sealed envelope marked “SEALED”.
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| Misc. Order 57 |
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- 07/21/00 - ORDER establishing disclosure of information to state/local authorities for sex offender registration/notification.
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| Misc. Order 58 |
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- 2/23/00 - Order requiring counsel to notify the presiding judge of any proposed change to an arraignment or rearraignment scheduled in the Dallas Division no later than two business days prior to the date scheduled.
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| Misc. Order 59 |
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- 07/09/01 - ORDER allowing probation officers to transport non-governmental personnel in GSA vehicles and persons under supervision in officers’ privately owned vehicles where circumstances justify doing so.
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| Misc. Order 60 |
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- 10/23/01 - ORDER authorizing Probation and Pretrial Services offices to establish and operate an on-site drug testing laboratory to better serve the court, defendants, and offenders in the Northern District of Texas.
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| Misc. Order 61 |
Electronic Case Filing |
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- 02/21/03 - Adopted procedures to control electronic case filing (ECF) in the Northern District of Texas as defined in order and in the Clerk's Office ECF User's Manual.
- 03/08/06 - Amendment to order adopted on 2/21/03.
- 08/30/06 - Amended Miscellaneous Order No. 61.
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| Misc. Order 62 |
- 04/02/07 - Adopted procedures to control management of Dallas division patent cases in the Northern District of Texas as defined in this order.
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| Misc. Order 63 |
- 08/17/07 - Adopted procedures to control management of electronic communication devices on court floors within the Northern District of Texas
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