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General Orders

General Orders
Issued Date Order Title
10/09/2025 Order Of Appreciation And Holiday Administrative Leave

10/01/2025 Continuation Of Operations Of The United States District Court For The Southern District Of West Virginia In The Absence Of An Appropriation Or Continuing Resolution Enacted By The United States Congress And President Of The United States

04/23/2025 Authorization To Carry Firearms In District Facilities In Which Court Proceedings Are Held

12/31/2024 In Re: President James Earl Carter, Jr. National Day of Mourning

09/25/2024 In Re: Appointment Of The Bench And Bar Visiting Attorney Fee Non-Appropriated Funds Committee

01/10/2024 In Re: Standards and Procedures for the Appoinment of a Full-Time Magistrate Judge at Huntington

03/03/2023 Videoconferencing For Criminal Proceedings Under The Cares Act In Light Of The National Emergency Created By The COVID-19 Pandemic (Extended for 90 days)

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12/05/2022 Eleventh Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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06/06/2022 Ninth Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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03/25/2022 General Order suspending the requirement that masks be worn in all common areas of the courthouses in the District

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03/07/2022 Eighth Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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12/08/2021 Seventh Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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09/10/2021 Sixth Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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08/02/2021 General Order requiring face coverings or masks in all courthouses regardless of vaccination status

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06/22/2021 General Order revising mask requirement: jurors and unvaccinated individuals must wear masks in courthouses in the District

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06/14/2021 Fifth Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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04/06/2021 Revised General Order For Handling Highly Sensitive Documents

03/17/2021 Fourth Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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03/03/2021 General Order IN RE: COURT OPERATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES PRESENTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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01/13/2021 General Order for Handling Highly Sensitive Documents

12/18/2020 Third Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Cases

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12/04/2020 General Order continuing jury matters until further notice

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09/24/2020 General Order Appointment of the Bench and Bar Visiting Attorney Fee/Non-Appropriated Funds Committee

09/21/2020 Second Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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09/18/2020 General Order continuing jury matters until further notice

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07/24/2020 General Order requiring face coverings or masks in courthouses in the Southern District of West Virginia

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06/25/2020 Extension of General Order #4 Videoconferencing in Criminal Proceedings

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06/25/2020 General Order allowing petit and grand jury meetings to resume on July 1; courthouses open to the general public with entry restrictions

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05/22/2020 General Order that all civil and criminal petit jury selections and trials scheduled to commence now through June 30, 2020 are CONTINUED

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04/14/2020 General Order extending limitations on jury matters and in-person court appearances through May 31, 2020

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03/24/2020 General Order Regarding Petty Offense Matters

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03/23/2020 Court Operations Under The Exigent Circumstances Created By The Covid-19 Pandemic

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03/18/2020 Entry Into Courthouses Of The Southern District Of West Virginia In Light Of The Covid-19 Pandemic

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03/13/2020 Court Operations Under The Exigent Circumstances Created By The Covid-19 Pandemic

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10/16/2019 Withdrawal Of Reference And Assignment Of All Proceedings Arising Under Title 11, Or Arising In Or Related To Cases Under Title 11

01/02/2019 Exemption Order For Cases Assigned To The Hon. Joseph R. Goodwin

12/26/2018 General Order Holding Civil Matters in Abeyance

11/26/2017 General Order Re: Appointment of District Bench and Bar Visiting Attorney Fee/Non-Appropriated Funds Committee

09/05/2017 General Order Re: Appointment of District Bench and Bar Visiting Attorney Fee/Non-Appropriated Funds Committee

11/09/2016 General Order Regarding Deposit and Investment of Registry Funds

08/05/2015 General Order Re: Refund of Fees

11/18/2013 Order In Re: Amendment to the Local Rules Due to the Closure of Courthouse Facilities at the Parkersburg Division

03/26/2013 General Order and Plan for the Administration and Operation of the District and Bankruptcy Court Visiting Attorney Fee/Non-Appropriated Funds

06/07/2012 Order Establishing Procedures for Notice and Promulgation of Local Rules to Govern Practice before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

04/14/2003 General Order Addressing Judicial Conference Privacy Policy Regarding Public Access to Electronic Case Files

Standing Orders
Issued Date Order Title
09/01/2024 Standing Order In Re: Assignment and Referral of Civil Actions and Matters to Magistrate Judges

02/14/2024 Standing Conditional Referral Order for Guilty Plea Proceedings

10/31/2023 Re: Standing Order Adopting Procedures for Petitions Seeking Retroactive Application of the 2023 Criminal History Amendments

10/31/2022 Standing Order re: Privacy in Social Security Opinions

08/10/2022 Standing Order Re: Wireless Communication Devices

11/12/2019 Assignment and Referral to Magistrate Judges of Civil Actions Assigned to Judge Irene C. Berger

02/04/2019 First Step Act of 2018 (December 21, 2018) Application of Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

12/05/2018 Administrative Order Re: Criminal Cases Assigned to Judge Irene C. Berger from Divisions Other Than Beckley

09/10/2018 Standing Order Regarding Interim CJA Vouchers

07/11/2018 Standing Order Re: Criminal Justice Act Program - Regarding Investigators

07/11/2018 Standing Order Re: Criminal Justice Act Program - Regarding Case Budgeting

06/14/2016 Standing Order For Disclosure Of Presentence Investigation Reports To Determine Retroactive Application Of Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015)

05/31/2016 Standing Order Re: Reference Of Certain Petitions Filed Under Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) To Magistrate Judge Dwane L. Tinsley

01/04/2016 Standing Order Re: Assignment and Referral of Civil Actions and Matters to Magistrate Judges

12/29/2011 Standing Order Re: Criminal Justice Act Program - Presumptive Investigator Rate

10/07/2011 Standing Order For Adoption of Standard Procedures for Petitions Seeking Retroactive Application of the 2011 Crack Cocaine Guideline Reductions

02/06/2008 Standing Order for Adoption of Standard Procedures for Petitions Seeking Retroactive Application of the 2007 Crack Cocaine Guideline Reductions

02/07/2002 Standing Order Re: Provision of Meals for Deliberating Juries