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Effective July 11, 2016, each limited jurisdiction civil plaintiff must serve every named defendant with the Notice of the Availability of Web Portal for Interpreter Requests with the complaint, and show that service on line 2(f) of the Proof of Service of Summons (POS-010).
Each small claims plaintiff must serve the Notice of Availability of Small Claims Web Portal for Interpreter Requests with the claim and show that service on line 3(d) of the proof of service (Form SC-104); the order supersedes any previous order on that notice. Filed April 13, 2016; its date line reads “April 13, 2026”, as printed.
Effective March 18, 2013, limited civil collections cases (California Rules of Court, rule 3.740) must be filed in the Chatsworth or Norwalk Courthouse by the ZIP code assignment of Local Rule 2.3(a)(2), and limited civil non-collections cases at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse (Room 102); pending limited civil cases were to be transferred. Dated 2/28/13 by Presiding Judge David S. Wesley; the attached table the order names is not in the court's file.
Department T's courtroom information (Alhambra Courthouse), an independent calendar court: calendaring (ex parte applications Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; law and motion Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Fridays at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; trials Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., none on Fridays); case management conferences (Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications; discovery disputes; law and motion; orders to show cause; trial continuances; minor's compromises; trial preparation and the final status conference (Fridays, 8:30 a.m.: joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, a concise joint statement, a mini opening statement, a verdict form, expert designations, motions in limine and expert depositions); trials; witness scheduling; exhibits; and remote testimony.
Department V's courtroom information and guidelines (Alhambra Courthouse): law and motion Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; jury trials Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (dark for trials on Fridays); case management conferences (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.); discovery (meet and confer first; informal discovery conferences on written request); law and motion; the trial preparation order and final status conference (Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.: joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, a concise joint statement, a mini opening statement, a verdict form, and motions in limine served five court days before the conference); bench trials; and compliance.
Department X's courtroom information (Alhambra Courthouse), an independent calendar court: civility; telephonic and video appearances; case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); discovery; law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.); tentative rulings; court reporters; less experienced attorneys; discovery in lemon law actions; and the trial preparation order - court and jury trials, the final status conference (Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.), the trial binder's tabs, the joint documents with sample formats, and motions in limine (ruled on the first day of trial).
Department 205's courtroom information (Beverly Hills Courthouse): civility and professionalism; filings (the General Order on mandatory electronic filing, with courtesy copies where required); case management conferences; final status conferences (typically Fridays, ten days before a Monday trial date); appearances in person or remotely; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers); court reporters; discovery motions; the trial preparation order; and electronically lodged documents that require the court's action - with the department's trial preparation orders for bench and jury trials: meeting and conferring, optional trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint chart of deposition and former-testimony designations, motions in limine, exhibit binders and the trial binder, and for jury trials a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint proposed jury instructions and verdict forms.
Department 207's courtroom information (Beverly Hills Courthouse): civility and professionalism; filings; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; service of summonses, complaints and cross-complaints; case management conferences; status conferences on discovery, alternative dispute resolution and motion practice; appearances in person or remotely; settlement; jury fees; motions (set Monday through Thursday, tentative rulings usually posted the afternoon before), continuing and withdrawing hearings, filing, and courtesy copies (lodged no later than three court days before the hearing for the motions the sheet lists; an earlier courtesy-copy paragraph is struck through on the sheet); discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers); final status conferences (typically Fridays, ten days before a Monday trial date); and court reporters - with the department's trial preparation orders for bench and jury trials.
Department A's courtroom information (Burbank Courthouse, North Central District), an independent calendar court: courtroom hours; law and motion on Fridays at 9:00; trial proceedings Monday through Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (deliberations include Fridays); check-in; in-person final status conferences, settlement conferences and trials; case management conferences (Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m.); continuances; court reporters (none provided); courtesy copies; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); filings; remote appearances; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Fridays at 9:00 a.m., argument only when the tentative ruling asks for it); and trial and final status conference dates (trials usually Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; final status conferences the Thursday before, at 10:00 a.m.).
Department F43's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; civility and decorum; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before) and the motions that require courtesy copies; demurrers; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); LACourtConnect appearances (not for trials, prove-ups or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (final status conferences about ten days before; motions in limine heard on the first day of trial); exhibits; and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference Order and Song-Beverly Litigation Discovery Order (each dated January 7, 2026) and its motions in limine best practices.
Department F44's rules and orders (Chatsworth Courthouse), the unlawful detainer and small claims department: civility and decorum; unlawful detainer hearings (ex parte applications at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; law and motion Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); unlawful detainer court and jury trials (8:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and the documents due for them; small claims trials (8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday); and miscellaneous matters - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection and witnesses), dated August 6th, 2025.
Department F51's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; civility and decorum; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); demurrers; courtesy copies; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); LACourtConnect appearances (not for trials, prove-ups, final status conferences or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (set on Mondays, final status conferences on Fridays 10 calendar days before); mandatory settlement conferences (in person; briefs filed in the courtroom at least 5 days before); and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference (FSC) Order (general decorum, court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection, witnesses and closing arguments) and a motions in limine best practices addendum.
Department A's courtroom information (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): civility and professionalism; remote appearances; accessibility and accommodation; self-represented litigants; settlement; motions (motions for summary judgment or adjudication heard on Fridays, all others on Tuesdays and Thursdays; written tentative rulings posted by the morning of the hearing); ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers on the papers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; less experienced attorneys; and final status conferences (Fridays at 9:00 a.m., lead trial counsel in person) - with the department's trial preparation requirements (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; electronic media as exhibits; the trial binder; visual aids during opening statement; witnesses; and jury selection) and the court's mediation programs (the Civil Mediation Vendor Resource List, the Mediation Volunteer Panel and the Mediation Center of Los Angeles referral program).
Department E's courtroom information and procedures (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): courtroom hours (check-in at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), court staff and the local rules; the department's rules on professionalism, civility and decorum, remote appearances, filings, court reporters, trials (set at the case management conference; motions in limine heard at the final status conference), continuances, law and motion (weekdays at 8:30 a.m.: scheduling on the Court Reservation System, shortening time, discovery motions), settlement, ex parte applications (daily at 8:30 a.m. if time permits; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before), self-represented litigants and language assistance; the court's ADR programs for unlimited civil cases (Appendix 1); and the department's trial preparation requirements (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; electronic media as exhibits; the trial binder; visual aids during opening statement; witnesses; and jury selection).
Department P's courtroom information and procedures (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): general information; professionalism, civility and decorum; telephone and video appearances and difficulties signing in for them; mandatory e-filing; courtesy copies; court reporters; interpreters; self-represented litigants; accessibility and accommodations; settlement; pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before), law and motion (generally Tuesday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System) and discovery motions; and trials (set for Mondays at 10:00 a.m., then 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; final status conferences on the Friday ten days before): meeting and conferring, the trial documents due before the conference, motions in limine, exhibit and trial binders, electronic media as exhibits, visual aids during opening statement, witnesses, jury selection, court reporters and settled statements - and the court's mediation programs.
Department S26's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach; buddy court Department S27): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.), case management conferences and name changes (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.) and trials (Mondays at 8:30 a.m.); miscellaneous matters; and the trial documents the department requires - the exhibit list, exhibit presentation and court copies of exhibits, the witness list, jury instructions and their list and special verdicts (jury trials), trial briefs (bench trials) - and final status conference preparation.
Department S27's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): public hours; hearings - ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, no reservation), law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), case management conferences (daily at 8:30 a.m.), name changes (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), final status conferences (the 2nd Friday before trial, 8:30 a.m.) and court and jury trials (Mondays at 9:30 a.m.); documents; miscellaneous matters (trial attorneys in person for final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings online by 4:30 p.m. the day before); a sample motion in limine summation sheet; the joint trial documents (the statement of the case, motions in limine, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions and special verdict form, and a separate trial brief of no more than 5 pages); and the trial (a go date at 9:30 a.m., not trailed; plaintiff's counsel confirms by 3:00 p.m. the court day before).
Department S29's courtroom information (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach): courtroom hours; procedures for setting matters - post-trial motions (meet and confer first; dates reserved with the courtroom clerk), ex parte papers (filed by 3:00 p.m. the day before), LACourtConnect and tentative rulings; and 32 trial procedures and rules - voir dire and challenges, alternate jurors, initial jury instructions, time limits, visual aids and the projector, objections (no speaking objections), juror questions, exhibits and medical records, medical bills, use of depositions, jury instructions and the verdict form, trial times (Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.), breaks, witness scheduling, jurors, preparing the judgment, decorum, and unlawful detainer jury trials.
Department A09's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster), the unlawful detainer department: unlawful detainer proceedings (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and jury trials (daily at 1:30 p.m.); court staff; informal discovery and settlement conferences (Code of Civil Procedure §2017.010 et seq.: the court mediates agreed resolutions of discovery disputes and otherwise uses informal, streamlined proceedings on joint statements); and mandatory settlement conferences (principals on site with full authority to settle).
Department R's courtroom information (Norwalk Courthouse): public and trial hours; the daily schedule (case management conferences every day at 9:00 AM; law and motion on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 AM; final status conferences and miscellaneous matters on Fridays at 9:30 AM; check-in from 8:30 AM; ex parte applications decided at the end of the morning calendar, usually in chambers); trials (usually beginning Mondays at 9:30 AM); civility, remote appearances, interpreters, accommodation and self-represented litigants; case management; law and motion (hearing dates on the Court Reservation System, filing, multiple motions, changes and tentative rulings); court reporters; discovery motions; ex parte applications (filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); settlement conferences and ADR programs; notices of settlement; and trial procedures (final status conferences generally on a Friday at least 10 days before trial; trial briefs; motions in limine and bifurcation motions; the joint statement of the case; joint exhibit and witness lists and the trial schedule).
Department P's courtroom information (Pasadena Courthouse, Northeast District), an individual calendar civil courtroom: general matters; electronic filing; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.) and the department's standing Song-Beverly Act Discovery Order; law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.; hearing dates on the Court Reservation System; tentative rulings online); informal discovery conferences (encouraged before a motion to compel); the final status conference order; the trial procedures and protocol order (trials generally on Tuesdays at 9:00 AM); courtroom operations; and mandatory settlement conferences (1:30 PM, in person) - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (appearances, exhibit exchange and meeting and conferring, trial readiness documents, exhibit binders, voir dire, non-compliance and court trials), its standing Song-Beverly (Lemon Law) discovery order (dated April 3, 2024), its Trial Procedures and Protocol Order (December 2023: scheduling, jury selection, opening statements, exhibits, the digital evidence presentation system, witnesses, experts, jury instructions and verdict forms, closing arguments, conduct of counsel, court reporters and settled statements, interpreters) and the court's mediation programs.
Department A's courtroom information (Pomona Courthouse South): courtroom hours; general information - civility, mandatory eFiling, courtesy copies, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodations; pretrial proceedings - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.), ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.; for exigent circumstances), law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m.; tentative rulings), discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences) and trial continuances; and trials (jury trials set for Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., bench trials for Mondays at 10:30 a.m.; final status conferences normally on Fridays at 10:30 a.m., three weeks before trial; the trial binder, motions in limine and exhibits; failure to comply).
Department O's courtroom information (Pomona Courthouse South): court reporters; ex parte applications (attorneys: Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m., e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before; self-represented litigants may file in person by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); the final status conference; guidelines for trial and the joint trial binder (tabs A to J: trial briefs, motions in limine, the joint statement, witness list, jury instructions, verdict forms, exhibit list, deposition designations and operative pleadings); and discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences - with the department's addendum to its case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery, including the vehicle inspection).
Department J's courtroom information (Santa Monica Courthouse): courtroom hours; ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); remote appearances through LACourtConnect (sign in by 8:15 a.m.); motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System; heard Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m.); courtesy copies (a courtesy copy courtroom); and trials - the trial documents, starting with the operative pleadings, and other trial guidelines (jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, witnesses, reading discovery responses and deposition transcripts, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits) - with the department's standing order re motions to compel further responses: an informal discovery conference before any motion to compel further responses is heard (three agreed dates, a Tuesday or Thursday at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.; meeting and conferring; a joint brief of less than five pages two court days before).
Department S's courtroom information and trial guidelines (Santa Monica Courthouse, West District): courtroom hours (check-in at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), court staff and the local rules; and the department's rules on telephone and video appearances, trials (a mandatory settlement conference ordered in every case set for jury trial), continuances, self-represented litigants, motions, ex parte applications, court reporters and language assistance.
Department 1's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil litigation department: class action and Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) settlements; complex case management (the initial status conference); general law and motion (hearing dates set through the court staff, not the Court Reservation System; written tentative rulings posted online); discovery disputes and discovery motions; ex parte applications; trial procedures (final status conferences generally at 9:00 AM, two weeks before trial); and building access and parking.
Department 11's information for counsel (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil department: the judge's philosophy; status conferences; e-service providers; appearances and etiquette; informal discovery conferences; informal resolution of demurrers and other challenges to the pleadings, and of motions to tax costs; motions; filing and lodging documents under seal; PAGA and class action settlements and dismissals; taking hearings off calendar promptly; motions for summary judgment or adjudication; class actions and PAGA claims; final status and trial readiness conferences (including trial briefs); mandatory settlement conferences; and voir dire and jury selection (trial generally Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
Department 14's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), the Complex Civil Litigation Program department that handles the asbestos personal injury cases coordinated into In re LAOSD Asbestos Cases: general information (law and motion Tuesday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.; ex parte applications each day at 8:30 a.m.); taking matters off calendar; requests for continuances; discovery motions; tentative decisions; trials; and building access and parking.
Department 16's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse): the room, the courthouse address, the judicial assistant and the telephone number.
Department 2's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom: the change to its informal discovery conference policy (an IDC strongly encouraged before a motion to compel further responses, no longer required); general information (remote appearances, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodation); law and motion; discovery motions and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (heard at the end of the morning calendar; filed by 10:00 am the court day before); case management; and the department's trial preparation order (amended effective 27 February 2025): meeting and conferring, optional trial briefs, joint witness and exhibit lists, a joint statement to be read to the jury, joint and contested jury instructions, verdict forms, a joint chart of deposition designations, motions in limine, exhibit and trial binders, and court reporters and settled statements.
Department 27's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: general information; the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Hub Courts (effective October 10, 2022), which governs its cases, including final status conferences and trials; tentative rulings (submitting by email to the department); interpreters; ex parte applications (generally no oral argument; filing by self-represented and exempt parties; California Rules of Court, rule 3.1203); and the clerk's office and court support services.
Department 28's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: the room, the judicial assistants, courtroom hours, telephone and e-mail, and a reference to the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Courts.
Department 29's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a personal injury hub court: the room, the judicial assistants, courtroom hours, telephone and e-mail, and a reference to the Eighth Amended Standing Order for Procedures in the Personal Injury Courts.
Department 5's courtroom information (Spring Street Courthouse), a civil trial courtroom whose trials Department 1 (Stanley Mosk Courthouse) assigns: courtroom and trial hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays); the pretrial conference order and tentative rulings on motions in limine sent by e-mail before the first day of trial; post-trial motion scheduling (by e-mail to the department, not the Court Reservation System or telephone); and ex parte applications on post-trial motions.
Department 7's information for counsel (Spring Street Courthouse), a complex civil department (no courtesy copies): general matters and informal conferences on short notice (including deposition impasses); status conferences; e-service providers; appearances and remote appearance etiquette; informal discovery conferences; informal resolution of demurrers and other challenges to the pleadings; filing and lodging documents under seal; PAGA and class action settlements and dismissals; taking hearings off calendar promptly; class actions and PAGA claims; final status and trial readiness conferences; and motions in limine.
Department 306's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in; civility and professionalism; court reporters; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); discovery disputes; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; oppositions filed by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); settlement; and the trial preparation order.
Department 309's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): general information - courtesy copies, court reporters, interpreters, accessibility and accommodation; pretrial matters - case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), law and motion (Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.; tentative rulings usually posted 1-4 days before), entry of default and default judgment, informal discovery conferences, ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; e-filed and noticed by 10 a.m. the court day before), mediation and mandatory settlement conferences, and trial continuances; and guidelines for final status conferences (Thursdays at 10 a.m., 11 days before trial; joint trial notebooks and trial briefs) and trials (set Mondays at 10:00 a.m.; court reporter, jury fees, voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witnesses, the podium, objections, exhibits, interpreters, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions).
Department 310's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): filing of documents; courtesy copies; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30; eFiled by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); motions; tentative rulings on motions and on requests for default judgment; case management conferences; telephonic appearances; demurrers; court reporters; discovery disputes and informal discovery conferences; non-appearance dates; sealed documents; interpreters; stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; settlement, mediation and mandatory settlement conferences; notices of settlement and requests for dismissal; trial continuances; and trials and final status conferences.
Department 311's courtroom information, policies and procedures (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): introduction; civility and professionalism; self-represented litigants; remote appearances; interpreters; court reporters; accessibility and accommodation; mandatory eFiling; calendar calls and priority requests; case management conferences; law and motion (tentative rulings; protective orders); ex parte applications (each day at 8:30 am; notice by 10:00 a.m. and filing by 10:00 am the court day before); settlement (the court's settlement programs, notices of settlement and requests for dismissal, disposition of lodged binders and exhibits); stipulations, proposed orders and judgments; trial continuances; final status conferences and trial preparation; trial binder and exhibit binder requirements; select trial procedures; clerk's office and court support services; and failure to comply - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring, the trial binder, the trial documents, exhibit binders) and its exhibits (binder labels, the trial binder index, and forms of the joint witness list, joint and disputed jury instructions, joint exhibit list, deposition designations and the court's voir dire questions).
Department 316's online courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility (the Guidelines for Civility in Litigation); case management conferences (8:30 a.m.); trial setting conferences; filings; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday); discovery disputes (informal discovery conferences at 11:00 a.m., Monday through Friday); less experienced attorneys; interpreters; court reporters; remote appearances; law and motion and tentative rulings - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring before the conference; the documents for jury trials, court trials and all trials; trials usually set Mondays at 9:30 a.m.).
Department 318's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (from 8:30 a.m.; one business card per attorney or self-represented party); court reporters; filings; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before, or by self-represented litigants by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing); continuances; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System); informal discovery conferences (required before any discovery motion); trials (set at the case management or trial setting conference); motions in limine (in lemon law cases, a list of unnecessary motions the court discourages); and exhibits - with the department's Final Status Conference Order (motions in limine, mandatory trial briefs, the statement of the case, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, verdict forms, and procedures for making and arguing objections at trial).
Department 400's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.), motions (hearing dates reserved through the court reservation system), discovery motions (an informal discovery conference strongly encouraged; motions to compel further responses heard on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays); and trial procedures - trials usually set for Mondays at 8:30 a.m., final status conferences usually the Friday ten days before at 8:30 a.m., jury selection, witnesses and the trial day's schedule, exhibits, jury instructions and courtroom decorum - with the court's questions for all prospective jurors and a sample exhibit list.
Department 407's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an individual calendar, general jurisdiction civil courtroom: general matters; electronic filing; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 9:00 a.m.); law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.); informal discovery conferences (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.); final status conferences (Mondays at 9:00 a.m.); trials (generally Mondays at 10:00 a.m.); jury instructions; courtroom operations; and the court's settlement programs - with the department's Trial Procedures and Protocol Order (March 2025: scheduling, jury selection, opening statements, exhibits, the digital evidence presentation system, witnesses, experts, jury instructions and verdict forms, closing arguments, conduct of counsel, court reporters and settled statements, interpreters), its Song-Beverly discovery order (general orders and the vehicle inspection), its CACI Jury Instruction Order and its Final Status Conference Order (March 2025).
Department 410's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse; formerly Department 36): civility in litigation; mandatory eFiling (with printed courtesy copies of law and motion papers appreciated); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., after the morning calendar; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); hearings in general; case management conferences; law and motion (Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.); discovery disputes; trial procedures (trials normally begin on Fridays at 8:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Wednesdays at 8:30 a.m., 10 days before trial; trial binders; motions in limine, including those deemed filed and granted; exhibits); the court's settlement programs; and non-compliance.
Department 412's courtroom information sheet (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): pre-trial information - filings, ex parte applications (Monday through Friday; e-filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before; oppositions by 8:30 a.m. the day of the hearing), continuances, case management conferences (and how to download the case management order), mediation and ADR, mandatory settlement conferences, law and motion (Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m.; reserved on the Court Reservation System), tentative rulings and discovery; and trial procedures - jury trials (set Mondays at 9:30 a.m.), court trials (Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.), trial continuances, jury selection, jury fees, final status conferences (generally Fridays, 10 days before trial, at 9:30 am; trial briefs), voir dire, opening statements, demonstrative evidence, witness availability, deposition transcripts and discovery responses, the podium, objections, exhibits, interpreters, multiple counsel, closing arguments and jury instructions - with the department's case management order form (revised August 2024).
Department 413's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse), an independent calendar court: general information (remote appearances encouraged; electronic filing, no courtesy copies of motion papers; court reporters; interpreters); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.; meeting and conferring at least 30 days before); discovery (informal discovery conferences generally at 11:00 a.m., Mondays through Fridays; a joint brief of no more than six pages three court days before); law and motion (8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings); ex parte applications (at the end of the morning calendar; for exigent circumstances); trial procedures (trials usually set for Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. until the week of April 5, 2027; final status conferences usually one week before trial at 9:00 a.m.); and the department's preparation for trial and the final status conference (the documents due five court days before: joint exhibit and witness lists, joint jury instructions, a joint short statement, a joint verdict form, motions in limine, trial briefs and a joint trial notebook; for court trials joint exhibit and witness lists and a trial brief of no more than 15 pages), court reporters and settled statements, and compliance.
Department 415's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): general matters (contacting court staff); case management conferences (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); law and motion (Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m.); informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m.); trial procedures (trials set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.; final status conferences on Friday at 9:00 a.m., trial counsel in person; pretrial filings, trial binders, motions in limine, exhibits and non-compliance); and the court's settlement programs.
Department 507's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): check-in (8:30 mornings, 1:30 afternoons); civility and professionalism; settlement; discovery and informal discovery conferences; ex parte applications (Monday-Friday at 8:30 a.m.); scheduling law and motion hearings (Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m.); filings and e-mailed courtesy copies (no paper courtesy copies); case management conferences; continuances; tentative rulings (online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before, where possible); jury fees; joint daily summaries for trials without a reporter; notices of related cases; information for self-represented litigants; less-experienced attorneys; trials and final status conferences (trials normally set for Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m., final status conferences roughly 15 days before); and lemon law cases - with the department's Final Status Conference and Trial Order.
Department 509's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): hearings - law and motion (Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.; tentative rulings online by 4:00 p.m. the court day before; submitting by email by 8:30 a.m.) and check-in; the judge's recommended articles on discovery, separate statements, motions to seal and the case management statement - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring, trial briefs, motions in limine, the jury statement, witness and exhibit lists, jury instructions, the verdict form and exhibits), its addendum to the case management conference order for Song-Beverly litigation (discovery, including the vehicle inspection), its Song-Beverly case management order(s) for cases under the laws effective January 1, 2025 (CCP § 871.20 et seq.), and its orders on motions to compel further responses to discovery (no informal discovery conference required; the orders the court may issue).
Department 510's courtroom information (Stanley Mosk Courthouse): civility and professionalism; settlement; motions (hearing dates reserved on the Court Reservation System); motions for summary judgment or adjudication; ex parte applications (8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, usually decided in chambers; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before); court reporters; discovery disputes; the trial preparation order; electronically lodged documents that require the court's action; Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act cases; and filings shortly before a hearing - with the department's Trial Preparation Order (meeting and conferring; optional trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; the trial binder) and its form of stipulation to a settlement conference with the trial judge.