New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Chapter II - UNIFORM RULES FOR THE NEW YORK STATE TRIAL COURTS
Part 206 - Uniform Rules For The Court Of Claims
Section 206.3 - Individual assignment system; structure

Universal Citation: 22 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 206.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) General. There shall be established for all actions heard in the Court of Claims an individual assignment system which provides for the continuous supervision of each action by a single judge. Except as otherwise may be authorized by the Chief Administrator or by these rules, every action shall be assigned and heard pursuant to the individual assignment system.

(b) Assignments. Except as otherwise provided by these rules, actions shall be assigned to the judges of the court upon the filing of a claim with the court. Assignments shall be made by the clerk pursuant to a method of random selection authorized by the Chief Administrator. The judge thereby assigned shall be known as the "assigned judge" with respect to that matter and, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of this section, shall conduct all further proceedings therein.

(c) Exceptions.

(1) Assignment of public construction contract claims and prisoner incarcerated persons pro se claims shall be made at a time and in a manner authorized by the Chief Administrator.

(2) Where the requirements of matters already assigned to a judge are such as to limit the ability of that judge to handle additional cases, the Chief Administrator may authorize that new assignments to that judge be suspended until the judge is able to handle additional cases.

(3) The Chief Administrator may authorize the establishment of special categories of actions, including but not limited to public construction contract actions, prisoner incarcerated person pro se actions, medical malpractice actions, appropriation actions and actions requiring protracted consideration, for assignment to judges specially assigned to hear such actions. Where more than one judge is specially assigned to hear a particular category of action or proceeding, the assignment of such actions or proceedings to the judges so assigned shall be at random.

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