matter shall be reassigned to Judge Meredith.
B. Northern Division at Covington
Civil cases are assigned to Judge Bunning (50%) and Judge Meredith (50%). Should
Judge Bunning recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Meredith. Should Judge Meredith
recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Bunning.
Criminal cases are assigned to Judge Bunning (50%) and Judge Meredith (50%). Should
Judge Bunning recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Meredith. Should Judge Meredith
recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Bunning.
C. Central Division at Frankfort
Civil cases are assigned to United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove.
(90%) and United States District Judge Claria H. Boom (10%). Should Judge Van Tatenhove
recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Boom. Should Judge Boom recuse, the matter
shall be reassigned to Judge Van Tatenhove.
Criminal cases are assigned to Judge Van Tatenhove (100%). Should Judge Van
Tatenhove recuse, the matter shall be assigned to Judge Boom.
D. Central Division at Lexington
Civil cases are assigned to Senior United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves (33%),
Judge Caldwell (25%), Judge Van Tatenhove (17%), Judge Boom (10%), United States District
Judge Robert E. Wier (10%) and Judge Meredith (5%). Should the district judge assigned to the
case recuse, the matter shall be reassigned by random draw to another district judge assigned to
accept civil cases on this docket.
Criminal cases are assigned to Judge Caldwell (35%), and Judge Van Tatenhove (35%),
Judge Boom (10%), Judge Wier (10%) and Judge Meredith (10%). Should the district judge
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assigned to the case recuse, the matter shall be reassigned by random draw to another district
judge assigned to accept criminal cases on this docket.
E. Southern Division at London
Civil cases are assigned to Judge Wier (25%), Judge Caldwell (20%), Judge Van
Tatenhove (20%), Judge Meredith (20%) and Judge Boom (15%). Should the district judge
assigned to the case recuse, the matter shall be reassigned by random draw to another district
judge assigned to accept criminal cases on this docket.
Criminal cases are assigned to Judge Wier (60%), Judge Boom (30%) and Judge
Meredith (10%). Should Judge Wier recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Boom.
Should Judge Boom recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Meredith. Should Judge
Meredith recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Wier.
F. Southern Division at Pikeville
Civil cases are assigned to Judge Wier (75%) and Judge Caldwell (25%). Should Judge
Wier recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Caldwell. Should Judge Caldwell recuse, the
matter shall be reassigned to Judge Wier.
Criminal cases are assigned to Judge Bunning (50%) and Judge Caldwell (50%). Should
Judge Bunning recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Caldwell. Should Judge Caldwell
recuse, the matter shall be reassigned to Judge Bunning.
4. Should all district judges assigned civil cases on a particular docket recuse, the
matter shall be referred to Judge Bunning for reassignment to another district judge willing to
accept the assignment.
5. Should all district judges assigned criminal cases on a particular docket recuse,
the matter shall be referred to Judge Bunning for reassignment to another district judge willing to
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accept the assignment.
6. Any district judge is authorized to reassign a case to another district judge
willing to accept the assignment.
7. If all district judges recuse from a case or are unwilling or unable to accept the
assignment, the matter shall be referred to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit for reassignment.
8. The Clerk of the Court is directed to reassign by random draw any civil or
criminal case and related proceeding assigned to (or which would ordinarily be assigned to) a
United States District Judge who is no longer accepting case assignments in the district to another
district judge assigned to accept cases on the respective docket of the matter.
9. Effective November 6, 2025, this Order supersedes General Order 25-01.
This 6th day of November 2025.
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