A. Random Assignment. The Clerk shall randomly assign cases equally to the criminal and civil divisions of the court. The Court will by General Order establish the method to be utilized by the Clerk for the assignment of cases.

B. Assignment of Case Number and Division. Upon the filing of a case, including the return of an indictment or the filing of an information, the Clerk shall assign a number to the case and randomly assign the case to a criminal and civil division of the court. Documentation showing the case number and the division assignment shall be attached to the record of the case.

C. Subsequent Pleadings. Pleadings, motions, orders and other papers subsequently filed in the case shall contain in the caption the case number and the criminal or civil division in which they are filed.

D. Re-filed Cases. Whenever a case, including an indictment or an information, has been dismissed without prejudice and is re-filed within one year from the date of dismissal, the parties shall, after the action has been assigned to a criminal or civil division, have the case transferred to the criminal or civil division in which it was originally filed.