Fifth Cir. — Judge Cary F. Rada: Mediation · BenchPath

Fifth Cir. — Judge Cary F. Rada: Mediation

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026MediationFifth Judicial Circuit — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

2 summarised requirements on mediation.

Applies to

Fifth Judicial Circuit — Judge Cary F. Rada only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

A notice of mediation must be filed within 30 days of the referral order.

Official source: 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 4, 2026benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Provenance record

Source sha256: . Corpus categories: MEDIATION_NOTICE, MEDIATION_SUMMARY. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: NORMALIZED_FROM_OFFICIAL_SOURCE; NOT A VERBATIM QUOTE. PARAPHRASE — published at medium confidence because the corpus itself marks this text as a summary, not a quotation. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, topical (July quotes no longer live)): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 6de5bad2c6c85240db7e2a353d57da89d7ddf22fea96ce9913546965f1afc2b6; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, topical (July quotes no longer live)): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 6de5bad2c6c85240db7e2a353d57da89d7ddf22fea96ce9913546965f1afc2b6; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.

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High confidence· verified July 5, 202615th Jud. Cir., Family Division FC Divisional Procedures

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