(a) Locations. The District covers the entire State of Arizona. However, for
convenience the District is divided into three divisions, each named and comprising
counties as follows:
Phoenix Division: Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma, La Paz, and Gila counties.
Prescott Division: Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, and Yavapai counties.
Tucson Division: Pima, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Greenlee counties.
(b) Schedule of Hearings. The Court shall be open permanently at Phoenix
and at Tucson and will sit at Prescott and such other places when and as the Court shall
designate.
(c) Place of Trial. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all civil and
criminal cases founded on causes of action (1) arising in the Phoenix division shall be
tried in Phoenix, (2) arising in the Prescott division shall be tried in Prescott, and (3)
arising in the Tucson division shall be tried in Tucson. All civil and criminal cases
founded on causes of action arising on the portion of the Tohono O'odham Indian
Reservation located in Maricopa County shall be tried in Phoenix, unless otherwise
ordered by the Court. All other civil and criminal cases founded on causes of action
arising on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation shall be tried in Tucson, unless
otherwise ordered by the Court. All civil and criminal cases founded on causes of action
arising on the San Carlos Indian Reservation shall be tried in Phoenix, unless otherwise
ordered by the Court.
(d) Hours of Clerk's Offices. The offices of the Clerk shall be open during
regular business hours, as designated and posted by the Clerk of Court, on each day
except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays enumerated in Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure 6(a)(6) and 77(c)(1), when the offices are closed unless otherwise ordered by
the Court.
