Local Rule LR3.1.1: Assignment of Collateral Proceedings and Refiled Cases
E.D. La. — Civil rule
LR3.1.1 Assignment of Collateral Proceedings and Refiled Cases To promote judicial economy, conserve judicial resources, and avoid potential forum shopping and conflicting court rulings, all actions described in LR 3.1 must be transferred to the section with the lowest docket number, unless the two judges involved determine that some other procedure is in the interest of justice. If the transferee and transferor judges cannot agree upon whether a case should be transferred, the opinion of the transferee judge prevails. If counsel fails to make the certification described in LR 3.1 , the judge to whom the case is allotted must transfer the action when he or she learns of the related nature of the proceedings. [Amended June 28, 2002; February 1, 2011]