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Rule CV 2. Transfers and Reassignments

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedLocal District Court Rules

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Local District Court Rules
Rules of the Fourteenth Judicial District [Tulsa and Pawnee Counties]
Civil Rules
Fourteenth Judicial District Court Rule CV 2
Rule CV 2. Transfers and Reassignments
a. Any case which requires reassignment to the Civil Division, whether within the Civil Division or from outside the Civil Division, including consolidations, recusals or disqualifications, shall be transferred by the assigned Judge to the Presiding Judge. The Presiding Judge shall reassign the case to the next available Judge on the transfer list maintained by the Presiding Judge as provided below. Except as provided in (d.) below, a Judge shall be assigned one case for each case transferred by that Judge.
b. The Presiding Judge shall maintain a transfer list of judges. When a case is transferred, the transferring Judge's name shall be added to the list; when a case is reassigned, the name of the receiving Judge shall be removed from the list.
c. If the transferring Judge's name is the only name on the transfer list, the Presiding Judge shall assign a number to each of the remaining Civil District Judges and shall then draw one of these numbers randomly to whom the case shall then be assigned. The newly assigned Judge shall then transfer by transfer order a comparable case on his/her docket to the transferring Judge and notify counsel in the comparable case.
d. The above provisions shall not apply to:
1. Transfers made pursuant to 12 O.S. ยง 83
2. Refiling of cases as stated in Rule CV 1(2) above
3. Cases transferred to Special Judges
4. Cases consolidated only for discovery purposes
5. Cases transferred only for trial where both transferring and receiving judges agree that this rule shall not apply.
e. A separate record of all transfers and reassignments shall be furnished to the Court Clerk who shall show the name of the reassigned Judge on the court file, the appearance docket and computer records. A copy of each transfer or reassignment shall be furnished to each Judge affected by it and to counsel of record by the transferring Judge.

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[Adopted effective February 6, 2003.]
Fourteenth Judicial District Court Rule CV 2, OK R 14 DIST CT Rule CV 2
Current with amendments received through April 15, 2024. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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