UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER RE: )
ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL CASES ) Administrative Order
TO DIVISIONS ) No. 11-035
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It has come to the Court’s attention that attorneys filing new cases by means of the
CM/ECF system sometimes mistakenly assign a new case to the wrong division. At a Judges’
Meeting conducted on March 11, 2011, the district judges determined that the Clerk’s Office should
be empowered to reassign new civil actions to the correct division in cases of an obvious error.
Accordingly:
IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court be and she hereby is empowered to
reassign a newly filed civil case to the correct division under W.D. Mich. LCivR 3.2 in circum-
stances where the filing attorney has made an obvious mistake in this regard using the CM/ECF
system. In cases of doubt, the Clerk shall refer the matter to the duty magistrate judge, who shall
issue an order assigning the case to the correct division, if appropriate.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FOR THE COURT:
Dated: March 21, 2011
Paul L. Maloney
Chief Judge
United States District Court
