Memorandum

To:	All Judges
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Procedural Orders and Orders on Applications
Date:	December 18, 1997

As was discussed in the Banc Meeting, I am sending out a memorandum to each of your offices requesting that orders on applications and orders on motions be delivered to the clerk's office prior to 2:00 p.m. on the days they are dated to go out. If an order comes in after 2:00 p.m., please date it for the following day.

Obviously, on occasions, with applications this may not be possible. However, your efforts in getting these orders to the clerk's office early in the day facilitate our ability to get them out to the parties in a timely fashion. Additionally, many times the clerk's office is required to call the parties on certain motions and if they are brought down late in the day, the people who disseminate the orders and then have to make the telephone calls are not able to get out of the office at the regular quitting time.

Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter.