ASSIGNMENT OF CASES

(a) Assignment of Cases. It is the policy of this Court to provide for the assignment of cases among the Judges of this District by random selection through the electronic case assignment system. It is the further policy of the Court to provide for parity of work among the active judges of this District. In order to implement this policy, the following procedures shall apply: (See also Local Civil Rule 40.1 Assignment of Cases for Trial.) (1) The Clerk of Court shall maintain a computerized case assignment system for the random selection and assignment of criminal cases to district judges in an equal apportionment for each judge, except as otherwise may be determined by the Chief Judge.

(2) A criminal case shall be publicly drawn by the Clerk of Court or designate by means of the computerized program and assigned to a judge at the time of the filing of any indictment, information or complaint. (3) If a case is related to any other case, the judge assigned to the earlier case shall promptly review the relationship and notify the Clerk of Court if reassignment is necessary. (4) The transfer of probation and a term of supervised release jurisdiction is accepted when the Chief Judge signs the Transfer of Probation. Transfer of probation and a term of supervised release jurisdiction may be accepted by a magistrate judge when the offense for which the probationer was convicted is a misdemeanor and the probationer in the district of prosecution consented to a magistrate judge's jurisdiction.

Rule 57.1 25 March 2026