RULE No. 8 – ASSIGNMENT OF CASES TO JUDGES

When a responsive pleading or motion is filed in a civil case, or in a criminal or traffic case a pre-arraignment motion is filed or “not guilty” plea is entered, the case shall be assigned immediately, by Case Management, by lot, to a judge.  The assigned judge shall be responsible for the determination of every issue and proceeding in the case until its termination or reassignment.

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