District Court Civil Appeals

(a) In and for all counties, District Court civil appeals, which are not subject to arbitration, shall be disposed of as follows: (1) An appeal from a judgment of the District Court, if the case be for tenement let, or held at will or by sufferance, or pertaining to a lease of land, shall be assigned to the trial calendar by the clerk of the county immediately upon certification of the appeal to the Superior Court. (2) Except as in this Rule of Practice otherwise provided, an appeal from a judgment of the District Court shall be assigned to the trial calendar by the clerk of the county immediately upon the expiration of ten (10) days after certification of the appeal to the Superior Court. (3) No appeal from the District Court, including an appeal which is subject to arbitration, shall be assigned for trial in accordance with this order unless the certification of the appeal to the Superior Court discloses that the judgment appealed from has been entered in accordance with the provisions of District Court Civil Rule 58(a). (4) An appeal from a judgment entered by agreement or submission in accordance with the provisions of District Court Civil Rule 58(b) shall be assigned by the clerk only after a motion to assign has been granted. (b) District Court civil appeals which are subject to arbitration shall be disposed of as follows: (1) On the first business day of each week, the clerk shall transmit to the Arbitration Office the Superior Court case number and the caption of every case which he or she has received in the course of the prior week as an appeal from the District Court which is subject to Court-Annexed Arbitration as provided by Rule 1(a) of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Arbitration of Civil Actions in Superior Court. (2) Immediately upon the receipt of such list of cases from the clerk, the Arbitration Office shall designate all of the cases on the list for arbitration as required Page 5 of 9 February 2024 by Rule 7 of the Rules and Regulations Governing the Arbitration of Civil Actions in Superior Court.