41.   The case was assigned to Struk, who had recently solved the murder of a violinist at the Metropolitan Opera.

42.   The case was assigned to the missing persons bureau.

43.   The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge James L. King.

44.   The case was assigned to US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks, a Clinton appointee.

45.   The case was assigned to veteran homicide detectives Dave Latham and Willie Taylor.

46.   The case was randomly assigned to Judge N. Sanders Sauls, who, like all circuit court judges, runs on a ballot without party affiliation.

47.   The cases are assigned to an administrative law judge, a civil service employee, who works for the Cal-OSHA Appeals Board.

48.   The case has been assigned to Judge Charles Breyer.

49.   The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Janis Jack in Corpus Christi, but Hilliard said he intends to fight federal jurisdiction.

50.   The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Richard Schell, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Faulkner is overseeing pretrial motions.