Northern District of Texas • 3:26-cv-01836

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Jun 05, 2026

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Jun 05, 2026

New Case Notes: A filing fee has been paid. CASREF case referral set and case referred to Magistrate Judge McKay (see Special Order 3). Case received over counter or electronically. No prior sanctions found. (For court use only - links to the national and circuit indexes.) Pursuant to Misc. Order 6, Plaintiff is provided the Notice of Right to Consent to Proceed Before A U.S. Magistrate Judge (Judge McKay). Clerk to provide copy to plaintiff if not received electronically. (kxm) (Entered: 06/05/2026)

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Jun 05, 2026

ELECTRONIC ORDER: Local Civil Rule 83.10(a) requires the appearance of local counsel in any case in which "an attorney appearing in a case does not reside or maintain the attorney's principal office in" the Northern District of Texas even where an attorney resides or maintains the attorney's principal office outside the Northern District of Texas but within 50 miles of the courthouse in the division in which the case is pending in this district (here, the Dallas Division)."Local counsel" means an attorney who (1) is a member of the bar of (that is, is admitted to practice in) the Northern District of Texas, (2) resides or maintains the attorney's principal office in the Northern District of Texas, and (3) has a residence or principal office that is located within 50 miles of the courthouse in the division in which the case is pending.Attorneys who are subject to Local Civil Rule 83.10(a) and wish to proceed without local counsel must obtain leave from the presiding judge by filing a motion for leave to proceed without local counsel.By June 26, 2026, Petitioner must file one of the following:• a response to this order, demonstrating why counsel is not subject to, or is exempt from, Local Civil Rule 83.10(a)'s requirements or pointing out how and when local counsel has previously been designated;• under Local Civil Rule 83.10(a), a motion for leave to proceed without local counsel; or• a designation of, and the entry of appearance by, of local counsel satisfying Local Civil Rule 83.10(a)'s requirements and stating local counsel's address and telephone number, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) and including the information that Local Civil Rule 10.1(b) requires. (And a designated local counsel who is not admitted to practice in this District and has not been admitted pro hac vice in this case must, at the same time, either become admitted to practice in this District, see Local Civil Rule 83.7, or move the Court to be admitted pro hac vice, see Local Civil Rule 83.9(b).) (Ordered by US Magistrate Judge Brian McKay on 6/5/2026) (Entered: 06/05/2026)

Jun 05, 2026

Order

#4

Jun 08, 2026

Order to Show Cause/Order to Answer

#5

Jun 10, 2026

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

#6

Jun 26, 2026

First MOTION for Leave to File MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT LOCAL COUNSEL filed by Jonathan Romero Moreno (Okafor, Amber) (Entered: 06/26/2026)

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Jun 29, 2026

ELECTRONIC ORDER granting 6 Motion for Leave to Proceed without Local Counsel. (Ordered by US Magistrate Judge Brian McKay on 6/29/2026) (Entered: 06/29/2026)

Jun 29, 2026

Order on Motion for Leave to File