IN THE
IN THE MATTER OF )
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APPROVAL OF CASELOAD )
) Case No. 32S00-0402-MS-89
PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR )
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HENDRICKS COUNTY )
ORDER APPROVING AMENDMENT TO
The judges of the Hendricks Circuit and Superior Courts request the approval of an amendment to the Hendricks County Local Rule 23, which establishes limits for discretionary filing of civil cases such that as a court reaches the established limit, civil cases must be filed in other courts in Hendricks County. This amendment to Local Rule 23 is made pursuant to the 1999 Order of this Court requiring trial courts to address caseload disparity.
Upon examination of the proposed local rule amendment, this Court finds that the rule amendment attempts to address a disparity in caseload as required by Order of this Court and, accordingly, should be approved.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED by this Court that the Amendment to Hendricks County Local Rule 23, set forth as an attachment to this Order, is now approved, effective January 6, 2004.
The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this Order to the Honorable Jeffrey V. Boles, Hendricks Circuit Court; to the Honorable Robert W. Freese, Hendricks Superior Court 1; to the Honorable David H. Coleman, Hendricks Superior Court 2; to the Honorable Karen M. Love, Hendricks Superior Court 3; and to the Clerk of the Hendricks Circuit and Superior Courts.
The Clerk of the Hendricks Circuit and Superior Courts is directed to place a copy of this Order in the Record of Judgments and Orders for all courts of record in the county and to post this Order for public examination.
DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this _____ day of February, 2004.
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Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of Indiana