Rules For the Division of Business Among District Judges

Southern District

• Southern District [Details]
• Southern District [Details]
• Rule 1. Individual Assignment System
• Rule 2. Assignment Committee
• Rule 3. Part I
• Rule 4. Civil Actions Or Proceedings (filing and Assignment)
• Rule 5. Civil Proceedings In Part I
• Rule 6. Criminal Actions Or Proceedings (filing and Assignment)
• Rule 7. Criminal Proceedings
• Rule 8. Arraignments and Assignments In Criminal Cases
• Rule 9. Cases Certified For Prompt Trial Or Disposition
• Rule 10. Motions
• Rule 11. Amendments of Pro Se Petitions For Collateral Relief From Convictions
• Rule 12. Assignments to New Judges
• Rule 13. Assignments to Senior Judges
• Rule 14. Assignments to Visiting Judges
• Rule 15. Transfer of Related Cases
• Rule 16. Transfer of Cases By Consent
• Rule 17. Transfers From Senior Judges
• Rule 18. Transfer Because of Disqualification, Etc
• Rule 19. Transfer of Cases Because of Death, Resignation, Prolonged Illness, Disability, Unavoidable Absence, Or Excessive Backlog of a Judge
• Rule 20. Transfer of Cases to the Suspense Docket
• Rule 21. Designation of White Plains Cases
• Rule 22. Reassignment of Cases
• Rule 23. Removed Actions and Bankruptcy Matters
• Rule 24. Caseload of White Plains Judge(s)
• Rule 25. Prisoner Civil Rights Actions and Habeas Corpus Petitioners. Social Security Actions, Prisoner Civil Rights Actions and Habeas Corpus Petitioners
• Rule 26. Filing At Either Courthouse
• Rule 27. Related Cases
• Rule 28. High-security Criminal Case
• Rule 29. Part I
• Rule 30. Naturalization
• Rule 32. Emergency Matters

Eastern District

• Eastern District [Details]
• Eastern District [Details]
• Rule 50.1. Categories and Classification of Cases; Information On Cases and Parties
• Rule 50.2. Assignment of Cases
• Rule 50.3. Related Cases: Motion For Consolidation of Cases
• Rule 50.3.1. Related Civil Cases
• Rule 50.4. Reassignment of Cases
• Rule 50.5. Miscellaneous Judge
• Rule 50.6. Calendars
• Rule 50.7. Conference