Local Rule Rule 50 (Criminal): ASSIGNMENTS

Rule 50 ASSIGNMENTS (Amended September 10, 2020)

(a) Assignment of Judges Assignment of Judges to criminal matters shall be made in accordance with a general policy on assignments adopted from time to time by the Judges of the Court in the interest of the effective administration of justice. The personnel of the Clerk's office shall not reveal to any person, other than a Judge or the Clerk of this Court, the order of assignment of Judges or the identity of the Judge assigned to a particular case, until such case has been filed and assigned.

(b) Individual Calendar System All cases will be assigned to a single Judge from filing to termination. In the event that it is subsequently determined that there is pending in this District a related case, or, if one is later filed, the later filed case should normally be transferred to the Judge having the earliest filed case. A supervised release matter, however, shall not be treated as a pending case for purposes of this rule; generally, a supervised release proceeding involving the same defendant should be transferred to the judge assigned the later filed indictment. A case may be reassigned at the discretion of the Chief Judge.

(c) Assignment of Judges to Special Proceedings At any given time one Judge may be designated to hear special proceedings for a particular seat of Court. Each such Judge shall be assigned to hear special proceedings for a designated period, on a rotating basis. The personnel of the Clerk's office shall not reveal to any person, other than a Judge or the Clerk of the Court, the identity of the Judge assigned to hear special proceedings or the order of assignment of Judges.

(d) Substitution In the event that justice requires that some action be taken in a case in the absence of the assigned Judge, another Judge may consent to act in his or her behalf.