N.M. 2nd Jud. Dist. Amended LR2-400-20160202 B

Assignment of cases to case management calendars; special calendar; new

calendar.

(1) Special calendar and new calendar judges. Criminal cases filed before

July 1, 2014, will be assigned and scheduled as provided for “special calendar” judges under

Paragraph M of this rule, except that, where appropriate, the chief judge may designate cases

coming off warrant status to be placed in the new calendar. Criminal cases filed on or after July

1, 2014, shall be assigned or reassigned to a “new calendar” judge. The district court judges

assigned as new calendar judges shall be determined by separate order of the chief judge, who is

authorized to reassign any district judge to be a new calendar judge. Time limits and rules for

disposition of cases assigned or reassigned to new calendar judges shall be governed by this rule.

(2) Assignment of cases to new calendar judges. For cases filed between July

1, 2014, and the effective date of this rule, a new calendar judge will continue to be assigned to

any case previously assigned to that judge. Cases filed on or after July 1, 2014, that were

previously assigned to a special calendar judge, shall be reassigned to a new calendar judge.

Cases that require reassignment shall be reassigned by order of the chief judge of the district

court in the manner best designed to foster expeditious resolution of the cases. Notwithstanding

the reassignments provided in this rule, the chief judge of the district court may continue the

assignment of a case to the original judge in the interest of expeditious resolution of the case.

(3) Deadline for initial scheduling hearing by new calendar judges in pending

cases. Beginning on the effective date of this rule, new calendar judges assigned to cases filed

before the effective date of the rule shall hold a scheduling hearing within sixty (60) days of the

effective date of this rule. The scheduling hearing for pending cases shall comply with Paragraph

G of this rule and shall result in assignment of all pending cases to the appropriate track.

Thereafter the provisions of this rule shall apply, except that the time limits for disclosures and

the commencement of trial in Paragraph G shall start from the effective date of this rule.

(4) Reassignment to new calendar judges; peremptory excusals. Upon

reassignment of a pending case to a new calendar judge, any party who has not previously

exercised a peremptory excusal of a district judge under Rule 5-106 NMRA may exercise a

peremptory excusal within ten (10) days in the manner provided in Paragraph F of this rule.

(5) Rule governs case administration. For cases assigned to a new calendar

judge after the effective date of this rule, the provisions of this rule govern case administration

until this rule is withdrawn or amended.