Administrative Rule 17 - RULE RELATING TO DISTRICT JUDGE AND MUNICIPAL JUDGE SELF-DISQUALIFICATION PROCEDURE
Effective Date: 1/1/1995
Obsolete Date: 3/1/2012
1. Whenever a district judge or municipal judge for whom an alternate judge has not been appointed pursuant to statute determines, for any reason, that it is inappropriate to preside in an assigned case, the judge shall refer the case to the presiding judge of the judicial district for reassignment.
2. If a presiding judge determines, for any reason, that it is inappropriate for the presiding judge to preside in an assigned case, the presiding judge shall refer the case to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for reassignment by the Chief Justice.
3. If the presiding judge is unable to make an appropriate assignment from among the judges within the judicial district, the presiding judge shall refer the case to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for reassignment by the Chief Justice.
Dated this 16th day of November, 1994, with amendments, effective January 1, 1995.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
Herbert L. Meschke, Justice
Beryl J. Levine, Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
ATTEST:
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court
[Adopted effective July 1, 1982 and January 1, 1983; amended effective January 1, 1995.]
Adopted effective July 1, 1982 and January 1, 1983; amended effective January 1, 1995; March 1, 2012; August 11, 2021.