ORR, Judge.
Petitioner argues on appeal that Judge Hyatt lacked jurisdiction to sign the order in question. We agree.
As we have stated above, the Chief District Court Judge has the statutory authority to assign cases to Superior Court judges. See G.S. 7A-146. A decision to reassign a case to the original trial judge is clearly judicially expedient. Yet, the Chief District Judge has no obligation to do so. Therefore, the original judge does not have...
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