Local Rule Rule 40: ASSIGNMENTS
D. Conn. — Civil rule
Rule 40 ASSIGNMENTS (Amended April 10, 2017)
(a) Place of Assignment of Cases The place of assignment of a case will be determined by the Court in accordance with a general policy on assignments adopted from time to time by the active Judges of the Court in the interest of the effective administration of justice.
(b) Individual Calendar System
(1) All cases will be assigned to a single Judge from filing to termination.
a. In the event that it is subsequently determined that there is pending in this District a related case assigned to a different Judge, the later-filed case should normally be transferred to the Judge having the earliest filed case that remains pending. The presiding Judge in a later-filed, related case will consider whether transfer is appropriate under the rule promptly after learning of an earlier-filed, related case pending before another Judge of this Court. Later-filed, related cases may be transferred by the presiding Judge, either sua sponte or upon motion of any party, with the consent of the transferee Judge.
b. Any case (whether or not related to another case pending in the District before a different Judge) may be reassigned at the discretion of the Chief Judge.
(2) When a party files or removes a civil case or files its first motion or pleading in such case – whichever first occurs – that party shall file, at the same time, a Notice of Related Case disclosing the case caption, case number, and presiding judge of all cases currently pending in this District that may be related. Such notice must be filed in all cases in which relatedness is suggested.
(3) Whenever a party files in this Court an appeal from a ruling of the Bankruptcy Court, it shall file, at the same time, a notice disclosing the case caption, case number, and presiding judge of any previous appeals filed in this Court arising from the same bankruptcy case. The appeal should normally be transferred to the judge to whom any previous appeals arising from the same bankruptcy case were assigned.