Supreme Court of Texas

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Misc. Docket No. 22-9115

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Transfer of Cases from Courts of Appeals

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ORDERED:

I.

Except as otherwise provided by this Order, the first 15 cases filed in the Court 

of Appeals for the Second Court of Appeals District, Fort Worth, Texas, on or after

December 2, 2022, are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Court of 

Appeals District, Texarkana, Texas, and the next 16 cases filed in the Court of 

Appeals for the Second Court of Appeals District are transferred to the Court of 

Appeals for the Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo, Texas.

II.

Except as otherwise provided by this Order, the first 10 cases filed in the Court 

of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District, Austin, Texas, on or after

December 5, 2022, are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the First Court of 

Appeals District, Houston, Texas, and the next 24 cases filed in the Court of Appeals 

for the Third Court of Appeals District are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the 

Seventh Court of Appeals District, Amarillo, Texas, and the next 13 cases filed in the 

Court of Appeals for the Third Court of Appeals District are transferred to the Court 

of Appeals for the Eighth Court of Appeals District, El Paso, Texas. 

III.

Except as otherwise provided by this Order, the first 22 cases filed in the Court 

of Appeals for the Fourth Court of Appeals District, San Antonio, Texas, on or after 

December 5, 2022, are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Court of 

Appeals District, El Paso, Texas, and the next 10 cases filed in the Court of Appeals 

for the Fourth Court of Appeals District are transferred to the Court of Appeals for 

the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District, Corpus Christi, Texas.
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IV.

Except as otherwise provided by this Order, the first 17 cases filed in the Court 

of Appeals for the Tenth Court of Appeals District, Waco, Texas, on or after December 

1, 2022, are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the Thirteenth Court of Appeals 

District, Corpus Christi, Texas, and the next 10 cases filed in the Court of Appeals 

for the Tenth Court of Appeals District are transferred to the Court of Appeals for the 

Fourteenth Court of Appeals District, Houston, Texas. 

V.

For purposes of determining the effective date of transfers pursuant to this 

order, “filed” in a court of appeals means the receipt of notice of appeal by the court 

of appeals.

In effectuating this Order, companion cases shall either all be transferred, or 

shall all be retained by the Court in which filed, as determined by the Chief Justice 

of the transferring Court, provided that cases which are companions to any case filed 

before the respective operative dates of transfer specified above, shall be retained by 

the Court in which originally filed. Cases which are companions to a case transferred 

to another court under a prior order shall also be transferred to the same court. 

Companion cases are appeals that arise out of the same trial-court proceeding and

are not otherwise excluded from transfer under the following paragraph. 

It is specifically provided that the cases ordered transferred by this Order 

shall, in each instance, not include original proceedings; appeals from trial courts and 

pretrial courts in multidistrict litigation pursuant to Rule 13.9(b) of the Rules of 

Judicial Administration; appeals in cases involving termination of parental rights; 

and those cases that, in the opinion of the Chief Justice of the transferring court, 

contain extraordinary circumstances or circumstances indicating that emergency 

action may be required.

The transferring Court of Appeals will make the necessary orders for transfer 

of the cases as directed hereby and will cause the Clerk of that Court to transfer the 

appellate record in each case, and certify all orders made, to the court of appeals to 

which the cases are transferred. When a block of cases is transferred, the transferring 

court will implement the transfer of the case files in groups not less than once a 

month, or after all the requisite number of cases have been filed. Upon completion of 

the transfer of the requisite number of cases ordered transferred, the transferring 

Court shall submit a list of the cases transferred, identified by style and number, to 

the State Office of Court Administration, and shall immediately notify the parties or 

their attorneys in the cases transferred of the transfer and the court to which 

transferred.

The provisions of Misc. Docket Order No. 06-9136 shall apply except Sections

1.02 and 1.03 of that order, which are superseded by the above.
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SO ORDERED this 20th day of December, 2022.

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Nathan L. Hecht, Chief Justice

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Debra H. Lehrmann, Justice

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Jeffrey S. Boyd, Justice

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John P. Devine, Justice

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James D. Blacklock, Justice

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J. Brett Busby, Justice

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Jane N. Bland, Justice

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Rebeca A. Huddle, Justice

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Evan A. Young, Justice