Jefferson Cir. Ct. Local R. Rule 11

1101 Method of Allottment.

All cases shall be allotted equally and at random among the thirteen (13) divisions of the

Court. However, the Chief Judge may receive a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction in

criminal and civil cases assigned. Also, the Drug Court Judge may receive a 25%

reduction of criminal cases assigned.

A. Civil Cases. The automated case register in the Circuit Court Clerk's Office

assigns all District Court Appeals and all other civil cases to the various divisions

ofthe Court. The register has been programmed by the AOC to ensure both the

randomness of the assignments and the equal distribution of cases.

B. Criminal Cases. A stack of shuffled cards containing an equal number ofcards

marked for each ofthe thirteen (13) divisions, less the 25% case reductions

allocated to the Chief and Drug Court Judge, shall be dropped in a drum. To

further ensure randomness and equity of caseload, a separate drum is utilized for

the assignment of murder indictments. The Grand Jury Foreperson, in open

court, shall pull a card from the appropriate drum assigning the case to a division.

The division shall be written on the indictment and initialed by the Judge in open

court. Indictments containing only a Persistent Felony Offender Charge shall be

automatically assigned to the Court where the original indictment was assigned.

C. Informations are presented by the Commonwealth Attorney's Office once weekly

and are assigned by random draw to the thirteen divisions ofCircuit Court in the

Court Administrator's Office. They are initialed by an administrator.

1102 Refiled Cases.

A. Civil Cases. Whenever a case has been dismissed without prejudice and is

refiled, the parties shall, after allotment, have the case transferred to that division

from which it was dismissed. Whenever any Judge discovers the allotment to her

division of a case so dismissed from another division, the Judge shall immediately

transfer the case to the division from which it was dismissed.

B. Criminal Cases. Whenever a case has been dismissed and later presented to the

Grand Jury for re-indictment, the Judge shall reassign the case to the original Trial

Court. If a re-indictment or subsequent indictment ofthe same person arises out of

the same transaction or occurrence, the case shall be assigned to the senior action.

1103 Disqualification of Judge.

If a judge is disqualified pursuant to KRS 26A.015, the case shall be randomly reallotted

to another member of the Jefferson Circuit Bench. If all the judges of the Jefferson

Circuit Bench are disqualified, the ChiefRegional Judge shall certify the need to assign a

special judge.