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UPDATED: Federal Jury Trials Shut Down Across Texas due to COVID-19

Judges in the Eastern District of Texas have decided to close the federal courthouses in Texarkana and Sherman “effective immediately” and they will stay closed until Dec. 4 due to the increased number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Judges in the Marshall Division are granting all motions for continuances for jury trials through February.

In addition, the federal courts in the Northern District of Texas and the Western District of Texas have decided that there will be no more jury trials at any of its courtrooms for the remainder of 2020. The federal judges in Houston have delayed all jury trials until Jan. 19.

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