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NEWS FLASH As of March 31, members can now subscribe to our newest benefit at no extra charge - a daily email containing the latest opinions rendered by the Fifth Circuit, with commentary . Contact Mary Gorman Douglass, Executive Director, for more information (504) 586-8185.
News Update (5/8/08): New Judicial Conference Transcript Policy
Under Judicial Conference Policy, effective May 15, 2008, parties will be responsible for redacting from transcripts filed with the Court, information
protected by the E-Government Act of 2002, Fed. R. Civ.P.5.2(a), and Fed. R.
Crim. P. 49.1(a). Visit the Texas Southern District Court website at http://www.txs.uscourts.gov for further information.
In the News/Associated Press (State Wire), April 11, 2008
Senate approves Texan for appeals court
The Senate has given Dallas lawyer Catharina Haynes its approval to serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Haynes won confirmation on a voice vote Thursday to the appellate court that takes cases from Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. She was nominated by President Bush on July 17.
She replaces Harold DeMoss, who took senior status last year. Haynes began her career as an attorney with Thompson & Knight and then moved to Baker Botts LLP. She was elected as a Republican to the 191st District Court in Dallas and re-elected to the job in 2002. She returned to Baker Botts, where she is now an attorney.
Haynes graduated from Florida Institute of Technology in 1983 and Emory University School of Law in 1986, when she was 22, according to a White House biography.
News Update (2/21/08):
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit rule changes (effective April 1, 2008) on Emergency Motions in Cases Other Than Capital Cases, Emergency Stays of Deportation, and Forms of Motions
http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/news/news/OrderRuleChg04-08.pdf
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Bar Association of the 5th Circuit
Mary Gorman Douglass, Executive Director
600 Camp St. Room 206
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 586-8185
email: mary@baffc.org