LOCAL RULE 2. CASE REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE

If the Presiding Judge determines it is inappropriate for the Presiding Judge to preside in an assigned case, a new judge will be randomly assigned by the Odyssey case management system.

If the Presiding Judge is subject to a demand for change of judge pursuant to N.D.C.C. § 29-15-21:

1. The demand is to be referred by the Clerk of District Court to the judge with the most seniority of the judges available to rule on the demand.

2. If the demand is granted, a new judge will be randomly assigned by the Odyssey case management system.

[Adopted March 12, 1991; readopted effective March 1, 1996; amended August 2, 2017]