Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.1100 · Chapter 2. Rules Relating to the Superior Court Appellate Division
Assignments to the appellate division
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Goal
In making assignments to the appellate division, the Chief Justice will consider the goal of promoting the independence and the quality of the appellate division.
(b) Factors considered
Factors considered in making the assignments may include:
(1) Length of service as a judge;
(2) Reputation in the judicial community;
(3) Degree of separateness of the appellate division work from the judge's regular assignments; and
(4) Any recommendation of the presiding judge.
(c) Who may be assigned
Judges assigned may include judges from another county, judges retired from the superior court or a court of higher jurisdiction, or a panel of judges from different superior courts who sit in turn in each of those superior courts.
(d) Terms of service
In specifying terms of service to the appellate division, the Chief Justice will consider the needs of the court.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 10.1100 adopted effective January 1, 2009.
Advisory Committee Comment
The Chief Justice is responsible for assigning judges to the appellate division as provided in article VI, section 4 of the California Constitution and by statute.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/ten/rule10_1100
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- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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