Standing Order for US Senior District Judge Richard A. Schell Reassigning Closed Cases

=== Standing Order for US Senior District Judge Richard A. Schell Reassigning Closed Cases === UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS STANDING ORDER FOR UNITED STATES SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE RICHARD A. SCHELL In order to promote judicial efficiency, it is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall enter a copy of this order in the undersigned’s cases in the following circumstances: 1. In criminal cases that have been transferred to the undersigned for sentencing, once the defendant has been sentenced and after the judgment and statement of reasons have been entered, the Clerk of Court shall transfer the case back to the transferring district judge and original magistrate judge. 2. The Clerk of Court shall reassign all closed cases, whether they are civil, criminal, or miscellaneous, to an active district judge in the division if a post-judgment motion or any post-judgment activity is filed.

If the closed case was transferred to the undersigned, the Clerk of Court shall transfer the case back to the transferring district judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED.