E.D. Tex. — Judge K. Nicole Mitchell: Chambers procedures — TX · BenchPath

E.D. Tex. — Judge K. Nicole Mitchell: Chambers procedures

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Judge PreferencesUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, procedures published by Judge K. Nicole Mitchell (EXEMPTION ORDER TO GENERAL ORDER 04-16 RE COURTESY PAPER COPIES OF ELECTRONICALL; ORDER REGARDING FILING OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRANSCRIPTS; ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO ANSWER; ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS TO MODIFY/AMEND DOCKET CONTROL ORDERS; PRACTICE POINTERS; STANDING ORDER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY ACTIONS UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); STANDING ORDER REGARDING READINESS FOR STATUS CONFERENCE) — sha256-hashed 2026-09-26

Summary

10 verbatim chambers requirements from Judge K. Nicole Mitchell's published procedures (chambers procedures).

Applies to

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas — Judge K. Nicole Mitchell's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

The amended Docket Control Order shall incorporate the modified deadline(s) in addition to the deadlines that remain unchanged.

Official source: E.D. Tex. — Rules & Orders (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 26, 2026benchpath-judge-procedures-federal-tx-2026-09-26

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-26 from what the judge's own official page (https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/?q=judge/magistrate-judge-nicole-mitchell) and the court's procedure pages publish for the judge: https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM_Order_re_Motion_to_Modify_DCO.pdf (sha256 6429e768f26f, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM_Order_re_Extensions_of_Time_to_Answer.pdf (sha256 725f25c0ab3c, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM_Standing_Order_of_Readiness.pdf (sha256 aa62b85c958d, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM_Standing_Order_re_Courtesy_Copies%2011.17.23.pdf (sha256 0c3aa8a25321, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM_SS_transcript_standing_order_%28JE%29.pdf (sha256 033d166392c4, pdf, 1 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Social%20Security%20Standing%20Order.pdf (sha256 500538ad2b3a, pdf, 2 pages); https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/KNM%20Practice%20Points%20%28edited%204.29.24%29.pdf (sha256 37c86e89dc03, pdf, 1 pages). Whole sentences with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; grouped by topic as the Florida federal lane (2026-09-14). Custody: BenchPath's private custody store. Corrected 2026-09-26: the Texas lane's extractor had published a sentence cut at a semicolon (a list stem with only its first item, or a clause whose sentence continued) or a recital; such a sentence now publishes whole -- through the end of the enumeration, verbatim -- or not at all. Regrouped 2026-09-26: the topic map's Mediation pattern matched 'mediate' inside words such as 'immediately', 'intermediate' and 'remediation', so sentences using those words were filed under Mediation & settlement; it now matches whole words only. The sentences are unchanged; only their topic page changed.