Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.870 · Article 3. Requirements for Addressing Complaints About Court-Program Mediators
Permissible court actions on complaints
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
After an investigation has been conducted, the presiding judge or his or her designee may do one or more of the following:
(1) Direct that no action be taken on the complaint;
(2) Counsel, admonish, or reprimand the mediator;
(3) Impose additional training requirements as a condition of the mediator remaining on the court's panel or list;
(4) Suspend the mediator from the court's panel or list or otherwise temporarily prohibit the mediator from receiving future mediation referrals from the court; or
(5) Remove the mediator from the court's panel or list or otherwise prohibit the mediator from receiving future mediation referrals from the court.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.870 adopted effective July 1, 2009, effective date extended to January 1, 2010.
Advisory Committee Comment
This rule does not abrogate or limit any existing legal right or duty of the court to take other actions, including interim suspension of a mediator pending final action by the court on a complaint.
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/three/rule3_870
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- 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
BenchPath cards that rely on this text
- Inyo County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective July 1, 2025) — Article VI: Civil Proceedings
- San Diego Superior Court Local Rules (2026) — Division II: Civil
- Ventura County Superior Court Local Rules of Court (effective July 1, 2026) — Chapter 3: Court Calendars, Case Management, and Delay Reduction
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