DESIGNATION OF BANKRUPTCY JUDGES TO CONDUCT JURY TRIALS
(Amended April 10, 2017)
The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut hereby specially designates
the bankruptcy judges of this district to conduct jury trials pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 157(e).
RULE 40
ASSIGNMENTS
(Amended April 10, 2017)
(a) Place of Assignment of Cases
The place of assignment of a case will be determined by the Court in accordance with a
general policy on assignments adopted from time to time by the active Judges of the Court in the
interest of the effective administration of justice.
(b) Individual Calendar System
(1) All cases will be assigned to a single Judge from filing to termination.
a. In the event that it is subsequently determined that there is pending in this District a
related case assigned to a different Judge, the later-filed case should normally be
transferred to the Judge having the earliest filed case that remains pending. The
presiding Judge in a later-filed, related case will consider whether transfer is
appropriate under the rule promptly after learning of an earlier-filed, related case
pending before another Judge of this Court. Later-filed, related cases may be
transferred by the presiding Judge, either sua sponte or upon motion of any party,
with the consent of the transferee Judge.
b. Any case (whether or not related to another case pending in the District before a
different Judge) may be reassigned at the discretion of the Chief Judge.
(2) When a party files or removes a civil case or files its first motion or pleading in such case –
whichever first occurs – that party shall file, at the same time, a Notice of Related Case disclosing the
case caption, case number, and presiding judge of all cases currently pending in this District that
may be related. Such notice must be filed in all cases in which relatedness is suggested.
(3) Whenever a party files in this Court an appeal from a ruling of the Bankruptcy Court, it
shall file, at the same time, a notice disclosing the case caption, case number, and presiding
judge of any previous appeals filed in this Court arising from the same bankruptcy case. The
appeal should normally be transferred to the judge to whom any previous appeals arising from
the same bankruptcy case were assigned.
RULE 41
DISMISSAL OF ACTIONS
(Amended April 10, 2017)
(a) For Failure To Prosecute
In civil actions in which no action has been taken by the parties for six (6) months or in which
deadlines established by the Court pursuant to Rule 16 appear not to have been met, the Clerk
shall give notice of proposed dismissal to counsel of record and self-represented parties, if any.
If such notice has been given and no action has been taken in the action in the meantime and no
satisfactory explanation is submitted to the Court within twenty-one (21) days thereafter, the
Clerk shall enter an order of dismissal. Any such order entered by the Clerk under this Rule may
be suspended, altered, or rescinded by the Court for cause shown.
(b) When Reported Settled to the Court
When counsel of record report to the Court that a civil action pending on its docket has been
settled between the parties, the Clerk shall enter an order closing the case, subject to the
parties’ right to move to reopen within thirty (30) days, unless a longer period is specified by the
Court. Dismissal under this rule shall be without costs.
RULE 42
CONSOLIDATION
(a) Consolidation of Cases
Unless the presiding Judge rules otherwise, where two or more cases are consolidated,
whether for trial or pretrial purposes, the Clerk shall maintain a separate docket for each case,
but the parties shall file all pleadings and other papers in the master docket, which shall be the
docket of the earliest filed case, and copies of all pleadings shall be served on all parties in each
of the consolidated cases.
