Rules for Magistrates in Inmate Litigation and Litigation Involving Certain Civilly Committed Individuals, Rule 5.01
TERMINATION OF MAGISTRATE
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated December 1, 2023)
(a) A magistrate who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court.
(b) The employment of a magistrate who serves more than two courts may only be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges of the courts which the magistrate serves.
(c) The employment of a magistrate who serves two courts may be terminated by either of the judges of the courts which the magistrate serves.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated December 1, 2023)
- Official file
- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1457572/rules-for-magistrates-in-inmate-litigation-and-litigation-involving-certain-civilly-committed-individuals.pdf (PDF pages 2)
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