Okla. & Canadian Cntys. Local R. 22

A. Whenever any legal issue is submitted to a judge, either formally or informally, and the

judge indicates a ruling, and thereafter the same legal issue is submitted to another judge,

it shall be the duty of counsel to make a full disclosure of the fact of submission to the first

judge and the ruling or indicated ruling thereon.

B. No order shall be presented to a judge for signature in any case, other than those cases

pending in the Juvenile Division, unless the parties have been properly named or identified.

C. No Order, Journal Entry, or other instrument shall be presented to a judge for signature

unless it has been approved by the attorneys of record affected by it, except where the

matter has been settled in accordance with Local Rule 11 D. Every Order, Journal Entry,

or other instrument shall be physically signed by a wet signature or electronically signed

in accordance with the ESIGN Act and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act by at least

one attorney of record for each party or a pro se party. Other attorneys of record or pro se

parties may attach a photocopy or image of their signature. Each attorney physically or

electronically signing or attaching a photoco py or image of their signature must include

their Oklahoma Bar Association identification number. The attorney(s) of record or pro se

party(s) shall include their mailing address, telephone number, and email address.

D. Attorneys whose offices are located within the same county as the court shall not present

orders for signature by mail/email or fax unless specifically authorized by the assigned

judge.

E. Attorneys whose offices are located out of county may present orders for signature by mail

or fax, provided the matter was previously presented in person and provided the order

contains the approval by the attorneys of record affected by it.

F. No other matters may be presented by mail. Counsel shall not mail or fax orders to the

Court Clerk with an accompanying letter asking the clerk to obtain a judge's signature and

to then file or issue the order or request the setting of a motion on an assig ned judge’s

docket.

G. Only attorneys, pro se litigants, and legal interns knowledgeable of the case may present

instruments to a judge for signature.

H. Every order or journal entry pertaining to an assigned case shall be presented to the

assigned judge.

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I. For matters not yet assigned, such as friendly suits, applications for temporary restraining

orders, and name changes, the petition shall be filed, the case assigned to a judge and the

suit or application shall then be taken to the assigned judge to be heard or set for hearing

as may be ordered.