W.D. Mo. L.R. 83.9

(a) Assignment of New Cases. Unless otherwise provided in a statute, federal rule, or order

of the Court en banc, the Clerk must assign newly filed matters among the qualified judges

by blind draw. Judges are considered qualified unless they have given blanket recusal

instructions to the Clerk in writing.

(b) Temporary Case Management by Another Judge. If a judge assigned to a case is

unavailable or so requests, any other judge may enter an order in that case, subject to Rule

72.1.

(c) Transfer of Cases. The Clerk must transfer a case to another judge if:

1. The transferring judge and the receiving judge mutually consent;

2. The case is on a joint trial docket, and the Chief District Judge certifies that

reassigning the case would promote its prompt and efficient disposition;

3. The case is a refiling of a previously dismissed case, in which instance the refiled

case must be transferred to the judge last handling the dismissed case; or

4. The case is related to another case filed in the District, in which instance the later

filed case must be transferred to the judge with the earlier-filed case, regardless of

whether the earliest filed case is pending.