Scheduling of trial de novo

(a) In judicial districts required to provide a short trial program under the NSTR, a trial de novo shall be processed as provided in those rules, unless a party timely filed a demand for removal from the Short Trial Program as provided in NSTR 5 . Cases that are removed from the Short Trial Program will not be given preference on the trial calendar of the district court simply because those cases were subject to arbitration proceedings pursuant to these rules. Trials de novo in cases removed from the Short Trial Program will be processed in the ordinary course of the district court’s business. (b) In judicial districts that do not provide a short trial program, cases requiring a trial de novo will not be given preference on the trial calendar of the district court simply because those cases were subject to arbitration proceedings pursuant to these rules. Trials de novo will be processed in the ordinary course of the district court’s business. [Added; effective July 1, 1992; amended; effective January 1, 2023.]