Okla. & Canadian Cntys. Local R. 6

A. ASSIGNMENT OF CASES

1. The Court Clerk shall number all cases with a case prefix, a hyphen, and all four

digits of the calendar year, as provided by Supreme Court Administrative Directive.

The Court Clerk shall randomly assign all cases to judges in the various Divisions.

2. If, after a case has been assigned, the assigned judge becomes disqualified or unable

to hear it, it shall be transferred to the Chief Judge for random reassignment. In

order to maintain a fair balance in case assignments and workload among judges,

upon re cusal or disqualifications of the assigned judge and the resulting

reassignment of a case, the transferee judge may select a comparable case docket

to be reassigned by the Chief Judge to the transferor judge.

3. Small Claims cases, including Forcible Entry and Detainer c ases, and Driver’s

License Revocation Appeals shall not be assigned to individual judges but shall be

assigned to a master docket for handling by the special judges in charge according

to the rotating schedule established by the Presiding Judge. *

B. TRANSFER OF CF AND CJ CASES FOR TRIAL *

1. No case should be sent to the Chief Judge for reassignment for trial that can

reasonably be expected to require more than three (3) days of trial time. Cases

expected to take more than three (3) days should be tried by the assigned judge.

2. The Chief Judge shall return all untried cases to the assigned judges at the end of

each week’s jury term for resetting on the trial docket of the assigned judge.

3. Upon receiving cases transferred from the various judges for trial, the Chief Judge

shall reassign them for trial to those judges who have reported availability to accept

cases for trial. The Chief Judge shall give preference in assigning civil cases to

those judges assigned to the civil docket and criminal cases to those assigned to the

criminal docket. When only civil or criminal cases remain to be assigned, the Chief

Judge may reassign them without regard to the judge’s docket assignment. In

assigning criminal cases for trial, preference shall be given to defendants in custody.

Approved August 21, 2025 4