19th Cir. — Judge Michael J. Linn: Filing & initiation

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Communications with the Judicial Office Method of Communication: All communication with the Court and Judge shall be in open court with all parties present, in writing or by email copied to opposing counsel and/or filed with the Clerk and served on all parties. All emails must include all parties and the case number in the subject line, or they will be disregarded. Ex parte Communications: All communications with the judicial office must comply with the Canon 3 of the Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits a judge from initiating, permitting, or considering ex parte communications and from considering other communications outside the presence of the parties concerning a pending or impending proceeding, unless authorized by law. All parties must be copied on any e-mail directed to the judicial office, unless an ex parte communication is authorized by law. Unsolicited Communications: Un

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19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)

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September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Page sha256: 53b291ed01176df8d8cbd51e56dc1e9756a52d367f4e510dd2eaa6380cbd4779. Corpus topic: filing_initiation. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified this circuit but published 14 rules against 6,388 verbatim requirements. Verbatim from this officer's published procedures, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]