Rule 1.2 - Assignment of Original Proceedings to either the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals(a) Except as noted below, assignment of original proceedings must be alternated between the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals.(b) During the first six months of a calendar year, relators must first present any original proceeding to the clerk of the First Court of Appeals. During the last six months of a calendar year, relators must first present any original proceeding to the clerk of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals. Hereinafter, the "intake clerk" means the clerk receiving the original proceeding.(c) The intake clerk must log in each original proceeding sequentially, assigning original proceedings between the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals on an alternating basis.(d) If a related appeal or original proceeding has been previously filed in one of the courts, the intake clerk must assign the original proceeding in the manner provided for in Rule 1.3(a)-(b) below.Tex. 1st. Ct. App. L. R. 1.2