Upon the return of an indictment or the filing of an information, a criminal case shall be
assigned to a judge by lot, using the computerized case assignment system. All the general principles
and assignment and reassignment of cases contemplated in L.Civ.R. 3A apply with equal force to
criminal cases.
The clerk shall refer cases to a magistrate judge for arraignment and bail determination, and,
when ordered by the court, for determination of all pretrial procedural and discovery motions.
Cases remanded for resentencing shall be assigned to the judge who imposed the vacated
sentence, unless otherwise ordered by the court of appeals.
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