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Honorable Jennifer W. Elrod, Chief Judge
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General Docket Orders
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Type
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General Docket Order 2024-04 (Order on Referral of Mediation Cases)
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103 KB
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General Docket Order 2024-03 (PACER Exemption)
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131 KB
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General Docket Order 2024-02 (5th Cir Rule Change)
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99 KB
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General Docket Order 2024-01 (PACER Exemption)
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131 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-13 (PACER Exemption)
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131 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-12 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
130 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-11 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
131 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-10 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
130 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-09 (Order on Operation of the USCA5 in the Absence of an Appropriation or Continuing Resolution)
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162 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-08 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
130 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-07 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
130 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-06 (Order on Referral of Mediation Cases)
pdf
94 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-05 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
130 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-04 (5th Cir Rule Change)
pdf
90 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-03 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
173 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-02 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
173 KB
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General Docket Order 2023-01 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
132 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-06 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
132 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-05 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
132 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-04 (5th Cir Rule Change)
pdf
157 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-03 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
165 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-02 (5th Cir Rule Change)
pdf
119 KB
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General Docket Order 2022-01 (Covid Related)
pdf
71 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-3 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
137 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-12 (Covid Related)
pdf
73 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-11 (PACER Exemtion)
pdf
174 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-10 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
173 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-09 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
173 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-08 (Storm Related Extensions)
pdf
56 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-07 (Storm Related Extensions)
pdf
96 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-06 (Covid Related)
pdf
28 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-05 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
121 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-04 (Storm Related Extensions)
pdf
29 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-03 (Covid Related)
pdf
39 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-02 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
136 KB
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General Docket Order 2021-01 (Highly Sensitive Documents)
pdf
95 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-11 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
85 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-10 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
86 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-09 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
69 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-08 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
89 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-07 (Covid Related)
pdf
73 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-06 (Covid Related)
pdf
78 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-05 (Covid Related)
pdf
87 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-04 (Covid Related)
pdf
237 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-03 (Covid Related)
pdf
64 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-02 (5th Cir IOP Change)
pdf
50 KB
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General Docket Order 2020-01 (Delegation of Authority)
pdf
267 KB
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General Docket Order 2019-03 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
96 KB
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General Docket Order 2019-02 (In Re Deepwater Horizon)
pdf
128 KB
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General Docket Order 2019-01 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
96 KB
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General Docket Order 2018-05 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
91 KB
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General Docket Order 2018-04 (Houston Library)
pdf
101 KB
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General Docket Order 2018-03 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
54 KB
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General Docket Order 2018-02 (PACER Exemption)
pdf
58 KB
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General Docket Order 2018-01 (5th Cir Rule Change)
pdf
17 KB
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