JOINT LOCAL RULES OF CIVIL PRACTICE

Scope, Purpose and Construction These Joint Local Rules of Civil Practice for the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky provide standardized procedures for the convenience of the bench and bar. These rules must be construed to be consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and to secure the just, efficient and economical determination of civil actions. These rules do not eliminate the statutory distinction between the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. Definitions References to “Court” or the “Clerk” mean the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky -- or the Clerk of that Court -- or the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky -- or the Clerk of that Court.

A “party” or “you” refers to either the party or the attorney. Jury Divisions (a) United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is divided into the following jury divisions with juries drawn from the counties within each docket: (1) Northern. The Northern Division is divided into two dockets.

(A) Ashland. The following counties are in the Ashland Docket: Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Morgan, and Rowan. (B) Covington. The following counties are in the Covington Docket: Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Mason, Pendleton, and Robertson.

(2) Central. The Central Division is divided into two dockets; Frankfort. The following counties are in the (A) Frankfort Docket: Anderson, Carroll, Franklin, Henry, Owen, Shelby, and Trimble. (B) Lexington.

The following counties are in the Lexington Docket: Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Wolfe, and Woodford. Southern. The Southern Division is divided into two dockets: (A) London. The following counties are in the London Docket: Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Owsley, Perry, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, and Whitley.

(B) Pikeville. The following counties are in the Pikeville Docket: Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, and Pike. (3) 1 (b) United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is divided into the following jury divisions: (1) Louisville.

The following counties are in the Louisville Division: Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Spencer, and Washington. Bowling Green. The following counties are in the Bowling Green Division: Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan, Metcalf, Monroe, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, and Warren. Owensboro.

The following counties are in the Owensboro Division: Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Union, and Webster. Paducah. The following counties are in the Paducah Division: Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall, and Trigg. (c) Assignment to a Division.

Jury division assignments may be changed by rule or by Court order.