Texas Court to Delay Transfers of Cases Out of Fifth Circuit

The Northern District of Texas federal trial court will delay the transfer of any civil cases ordered to be sent out of the jurisdiction of the Fifth Circuit.

The new local rule, posted on the US district court’s website on Monday, says that “an order that transfers a case to a district court outside the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is stayed for 21 days,” unless all affected parties agree to the transfer.

The rule will go into effect on Sept. 3 and the court will receive comments on it through Aug. 19, according to the ...