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plea pending, the indictment shall be directly assigned to the judge

E.D.N.C. Rule 20

to whom the Rule 20 plea has been assigned. (b) Transfers of Jurisdiction. (1) Whenever supervision of a defendant is transferred to this court from another district that is related to a pending or closed case in this district, and that fact has been brought to the attention of this court, then the incoming transfer of jurisdiction shall be directly assigned to the judge to whom the related case is assigned. (2) If an incoming transfer of jurisdiction is related to more than one criminal case with more than one judge assigned, and this fact is brought to the attention of the court, then the incoming transfer of jurisdiction shall be directly assigned to the judge to whom the earlier case is assigned, unless otherwise directed by the court. (3) If the incoming transfer of jurisdiction is a return of case that originated in this district, and this fact is brought to the attention of the court, then the transfer of jurisdiction shall be filed in the defendant’s case in this district instead of opening a new case, unless otherwise directed by the court.
Official source: https://www.nced.uscourts.gov/pdfs/Local%20Civil%20Rules%202023.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23