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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    Northern District of Texas

    Barbara M.G. Lynn, Chief Judge
    Karen Mitchell, Clerk of Court

    Special Order 3: Order Regarding Judgeships and Case Assignments

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    Title Description Effective Date
    3-95 Assignment of Civil Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge (in addition to the district judge assignment)
    3-143 Assignment of Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge (in addition to the district judge assignment)
    3-143 Supplement to Special Order NO. 3-143 regarding cases assigned to Magistrate Judge Horan
    3-216 Assignment of Civil Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
    3-227 Transfer of Cases Assigned to the "X" Docket to the Docket of Hon. Ed Kinkeade (and shall henceforth carry the suffix letter "K")
    3-249 Established Procedures for the Assignment of Cases Following Recusal and Procedures for Emergency Matters
    3-250 Established Procedures for the Direct Assignment of Cases in the Dallas and Ft. Worth Divisions
    3-251 Procedure to Automatically Refer at Case Opening Certain Types of Matters to Resident Magistrate Judges (chart attached)
    3-259 Amended Order Regarding Assignment of All Civil and Criminal Cases in the Wichita Falls Division to Hon. Reed O'Connor and Preliminary Assignment of Certain Cases to a Magistrate Judge
    3-283 Assignment of Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
    3-287 Assignment of Patent Cases
    3-290 Assignment of Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
    3-301 Assignment of Cases in the Abilene Division
    3-310 Assignment of Civil Cases in the Wichita Falls Division
    3-313 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Amarillo and Lubbock Divisions
    3-316 Transfer of pending cases assigned and referred to Magistrate Judge Stickney
    3-326 Assignment of Civil Cases in the Abilene and San Angelo Divisions
    3-327 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Amarillo Division
    3-328 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Fort Worth Division
    3-329 Abilene, Fort Worth, and San Angelo cases transferred to Judge Mark Pittman
    3-330 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Lubbock, Abilene, and San Angelo Divisions
    3-331 Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo cases transferred to Judge James Wesley Hendrix
    3-332 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
    3-333 Dallas cases transferred to Judge Brantley Starr
    3-334 Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
    3-335 Dallas Cases Transferred to Judge Ada Brown