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Assignment And Referral Of Cases

D.S.D. LR 83.11

Assignment of Cases. To the extent possible, civil cases are randomly assigned to judges on a District-wide basis. The Chief Judge may direct the Clerk to reassign cases as necessary.
Official source: https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/sites/sdd/files/Civil%20Local%20Rules%20-%20final%2C%20approv · retrieved 2026-07-23