UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
GENERAL ORDER NO. 2015-03
IN RE: CASE ASSIGNMENT AND REASSIGNMENT OF CASES DUE TO
RECUSALS
By unanimous agreement of the Judges of this Court and pursuant to Local Rule 40.1(a) and
LCrR 50.1(a), all cases filed as of this date shall be assigned, or reassigned due to recusal, as follows:
CIVIL CASE ASSIGNMENTS AND RECUSALS
Civil case assignments, other than cases in which a plaintiff seeks review pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
§ 405(g) of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Security, and miscellaneous case assignments
shall be randomly drawn in the following percentages:
LOUISVILLE CIVIL CASES
Chief Judge McKinley = 17%
District Judge Hale = 40%
District Judge Stivers = 7%
Senior Judge Simpson = 21%
Senior Judge Russell = 15%
Should District Judge Hale recuse in a case, the Clerk shall randomly reassign the case to
another judge. Should any judge other than District Judge Hale recuse in a case, it shall be reassigned
to District Judge Hale.
BOWLING GREEN CIVIL CASES
District Judge Stivers = 100%
Should District Judge Stivers recuse in a case, it shall be reassigned to District Judge Hale.
OWENSBORO CIVIL CASES
Chief Judge McKinley = 100%
Should Chief Judge McKinley recuse in a case, it shall be reassigned to District Judge Hale.
PADUCAH CIVIL CASES
District Judge Stivers = 20%
Senior Judge Russell = 80%
Should either Judges Russell or Stivers recuse in a case, it shall be reassigned to District Judge
Hale.
