Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.516 · Article 2. Procedural Rules Applicable to All Complex Coordination Proceedings
Motions under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
A party making a peremptory challenge by motion or affidavit of prejudice regarding an assigned judge must submit it in writing to the assigned judge within 20 days after service of the order assigning the judge to the coordination proceeding. All plaintiffs or similar parties in the included or coordinated actions constitute a side and all defendants or similar parties in such actions constitute a side for purposes of applying Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.516 renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 1515 effective January 1, 1974; previously amended effective June 19, 1982, and January 1, 2005.
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- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_516
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