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Assignment of Criminal Cases to Places of Holding Court

E.D. Mich. LCrR 18.1

(a) Counties and Places of Holding Court. Criminal cases shall be assigned to the place of holding court which serves the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed: (1) Jackson, Lenawee, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Sanilac, Washtenaw and Wayne counties for which the places of holding court are Ann Arbor, Detroit and Port Huron. (2) Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston and Shiawassee counties for which the place of holding court is Flint. (3) Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Bay, Cheboygan, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Iosco, Isabella, Midland, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw and Tuscola counties for which the place of holding court is Bay City. (b) Improper Assignments. A case improperly assigned to a place of holding court shall be transferred to the proper location by order of the Court. April 3, 1995 United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan
Official source: https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/PDFFIles/localRulesPackage.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23