Assignment of Civil Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge (in addition to the district judge assignment)
05/20/92
Assignment of Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge (in addition to the district judge assignment)
07/15/96
Assignment of Civil Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
09/10/02
Transfer of Cases Assigned to the "X" Docket to the Docket of Hon. Ed Kinkeade (and shall henceforth carry the suffix letter "K")
11/25/02
Assignment of Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
06/25/10
Established Procedures for the Direct Assignment of Cases in the Dallas and Fort Worth Divisions
08/24/11
Assignment of Cases in the Dallas Division to a Magistrate Judge
11/21/12
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
06/27/16
Assignment of Civil Cases in the Wichita Falls Division
12/01/16
Assignment of Cases in the Abilene Division
10/30/17
Transfer of pending cases assigned and referred to Magistrate Judge Stickney
01/26/18
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Amarillo and Lubbock Divisions
02/12/18
Established Procedures for the Assignment of Cases Following Recusal and Procedures for Emergency Matters
04/05/19
Assignment of Civil Cases in the Abilene and San Angelo Divisions
06/15/19
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Amarillo Division
07/03/19
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Fort Worth Division
08/08/19
Abilene, Fort Worth, and San Angelo cases transferred to Judge Mark Pittman
08/08/19
Supplement to Special Order NO. 3-143 regarding cases assigned to Magistrate Judge Horan
08/09/19
Lubbock, Abilene, San Angelo cases transferred to Judge James Wesley Hendrix
08/09/19
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Lubbock, Abilene, and San Angelo Divisions
08/09/19
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
08/27/19
Dallas cases transferred to Judge Brantley Starr
09/03/19
Dallas Cases Transferred to Judge Ada Brown
09/18/19
Assignment of Civil and Criminal case filed in the Fort Worth Division
05/25/20
Transfer of pending criminal cases assigned to Senior Judge John McBryde are reassigned to Judge Mark Pittman and shall henceforth carry the suffix letter "P." Post judgment matters in criminal cases will continue to be assigned to Judge McBryde unless otherwise ordered in an individual case.
05/25/20
Amendment to Special Order 3-338 - Except as provided in Special Order No. 3-337, post judgment matters in criminal cases in which Judge McBryde was the sentencing judge will be assigned to Judge Mark Pittman.
07/24/20
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
09/28/20
Order Vacating Special Order No. 3-287, Assignment of Patent Cases
06/11/21
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
06/21/21
Assignment of Criminal Cases in the Abilene and San Angelo Divisions
10/29/21
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
09/08/22
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Wichita Falls Division
09/14/22
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Amarillo Division
09/14/22
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
12/07/22
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Ft. Worth Division
12/14/22
Reassignment of pending Dallas cases assigned to Judge Cummings.
06/02/23
Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Dallas Division
06/05/23
Procedure to Automatically Refer at Case Opening Certain Types of Matters to Resident Magistrate Judges (chart attached)
09/01/23
Assignment of Social Security Cases to Magistrate Judges
10/02/23
Amended Assignment of Civil and Criminal Cases in the Lubbock, Abilene, and San Angelo Divisions
11/06/23
