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Transfer For Plea And Sentence

D. Utah DUCrimR 20-1

(a) Case Assignment. If a case is transferred to the District of Utah under Fed. R. Crim. P. 20(a) and the defendant has a case pending in this district, then the transferred case will be assigned to the judge presiding over the pending case. Otherwise, the Clerk’s Office will randomly assign the case. 6 See n.1. Local Rules of Criminal Practice - District of Utah Eff. December 2025 (b) Scheduling. The government must contact the court to schedule further proceedings in the transferred case.
Official source: https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/sites/utd/files/Civil%20Rules%20Final%202025.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23