Ind. Marion Cnty. Admin. Local Rule LR49-AR1(E)-302

A. Purpose. Caseload allocations shall allow the judges of the Marion Superior Court to

make thoughtful, timely, reasonable and just decisions.

B. Procedure. The Executive Committee shall at least annually:

1. Review and assess literature on case flow management from any source with a

view toward the improvement of the Court's case flow from filing to

disposition;

2. Review and consider suggestions made by members of the bar, the public and

other interested parties; and

3. Review and analyze the statistics or current workload and case flow within the

Court.

a. Civil cases shall be assigned in accordance with LR49-TR3-200

Random Filing of Civil Cases. Criminal cases shall be filed in

accordance with LR49-CR 2.2-100 Random Assignment of

Criminal Cases and LR49-CR 2.3-101 Case Consolidation.

b. Any change involving caseloads, whether it is type of case or

number of cases, shall require a majority vote of the Executive

Committee and is subject to review under LR49-AR00-300(F)(2).

c. In deciding changes, the Executive Committee shall give due

weight to the expertise and abilities of each judge, the stress

associated with the types of cases and caseloads, and the goal of

keeping each judge competent in the various areas of the law.

Seniority shall be a consideration, but not the determinant factor

for caseload allocation or courtroom assignment.

d. As new judges are appointed or elected to the Court, the Executive

Committee shall assign them to courtrooms using the same criteria.

C. Implementation. The Clerk of the Court shall maintain systems as required to

implement orders of the Court relating to case allocation.

D. Record Keeping. All matters of statistics and case flow management shall be

collected and maintained by personnel in the office of Marion County Court Administration. All

judges and their staffs shall be responsible for the collection and preparation of these statistics in

a form and manner directed by the Executive Committee.

(Effective January 1, 2020)