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An order signed March 3 by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola directs court clerks to assign new civil cases that would go to U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to three semi-retired judges instead. Trip Burns/File Photo

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No New Civil Cases for Slow Federal Judge Till He Catches Up

A federal judge in southern Mississippi is temporarily blocked from taking on new civil court cases because of a backlog of pending cases.

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