As amended through October 31, 2024
Rule 1 - Case Assignment Procedure(a) All Civil Cases filed after December 31, 1989, in the Circuit Courts of this district shall be assigned at the time of filing by such method as to insure that such assignment shall be random; that no discernable pattern of assignment exists and that no person shall know to whom the case will be assigned until such time as it has been accomplished.(b) Each Civil Case filed in this Court after December 31, 1989 shall bear a number as follows: The last two digits of the year in which the case is filed followed by the sequential number of the case for the county and year, followed in parenthesis by the first letter of the name of the Judge to whom the case is assigned. The suffix (G) designates Gardner; the suffix (PF) designates Funderburk; the suffix (A) designates Aycock. In addition, the first letter of the County name shall be added. Pontotoc County shall be (PO), Prentiss County shall be (PR). (c) The Circuit Clerks of each of the Counties of this district shall immediately adapt a method of making assignments contemplated by this Order and have same approved by the Court prior to the effective date of this rule. In addition the Court Administrator's shall maintain a trial calendar so the Court, the Court Administrator and the Attorneys may schedule the trial of cases at times other than regularly scheduled term times.