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                        IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                  DALLAS DIVISION

 TOMYIA CRENSHAW,                                  §
                                                   §
                  Plaintiff,                       §
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 v.                                                §       Civil Action No. 3:24-CV-731-L
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 LEONARD ANDERSON; DARRIEN                         §
 ROBERTSON; and THE CITY OF                        §
 DALLAS,                                           §
                                                   §
                   Defendants.                     §

                                    ORDER OF REFERENCE

         Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), Defendants Leonard Anderson and Darrien Robertson’s

Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint, and Brief in Support (“Motion”) (Doc. 12), filed June

3, 2024, is hereby referred to United States Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford for hearing, if

necessary, and for the United States Magistrate Judge to submit to the court proposed findings and

recommendations for disposition of the Motion. This order of reference also prospectively refers

all procedural motions that are related to the referred Motion to the United States Magistrate Judge

for resolution. All future filings regarding the referred Motion shall be addressed “To the

Honorable United States Magistrate Judge”—not to the district judge or court—so that filings will

reach her without delay.

         Local Civil Rules 72.1 and 72.2 provide that, unless otherwise directed by the presiding

district judge, a party who files objections under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 72(a) and (b)(2)

to magistrate judge orders regarding pretrial nondispositive matters, or findings and

recommendations on dispositive motions, may file a reply brief within 14 days from the date the

response to the objections or response brief is filed. The court does not allow parties to file a reply

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brief with respect to magistrate judge orders or findings and recommendations, unless leave is

granted to file the reply brief. The court will strike or disregard any reply brief filed in violation

of this order.

        It is so ordered this 11th day of June, 2024.


                                                        _________________________________
                                                        Sam A. Lindsay
                                                        United States District Judge


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