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Ventura County, CA
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From August 31, 2026, for all Juvenile Traffic Citations the minor and at least one parent or legal guardian must appear in person (under California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603).
Department 44: the daily schedule - ex parte applications at 8:30 a.m., case management Monday - Friday, and law and motion by matter type (arbitration petitions Mondays, pleadings challenges Tuesdays, writ trials Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., discovery Wednesdays, class and PAGA settlement approval Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., summary judgment and class certification Thursdays); case management, complex (CRC 3.400) and class actions, writ proceedings and CEQA (LR, Chapter 28); ex parte applications, a limit of 2 per day, reserved by 10 a.m. the court day before and filed by noon; the Zoom registration rules; informal discovery conferences (LR 8.10); law and motion; summary judgment and class certification, no more than 2 motions per week, with chambers copies; tentative rulings and submission by email before 8:00 a.m.; pretrial conferences with a joint statement 5 court days before; and trial rules - trial documents emailed 5 court days before but no more than 30 days before, chambers copies, joint stipulations, witness and exhibit lists, no more than 5 MILs per side, writ trial documents and the administrative record, jury fees, court reporters, exhibits, jury instructions and questionnaires, six-pack jury selection and the trial schedule.
Beginning July 13, 2026, any person or entity, the Court's Justice Partners included, must file in person the Court's 'Calendaring Request' form to schedule a hearing in a criminal case; telephonic scheduling is no longer authorized; in effect until the Court adopts a local rule.
Permissive eFiling of Civil Harassment Restraining Order (CHRO) documents by attorneys beginning July 13, 2026 and mandatory from August 31, 2026; self-represented litigants may file electronically, in person, by mail or in the drop boxes; sections of the Amended Administrative Order 25.03 applied; CHRO filings that include forms CH-160, CH-165, CH-170, CH-176, CH-178 or CH-179 submitted in person; ex parte requests e-filed no later than 11:00 a.m. the day of the hearing; other restraining orders submitted in person or by email.
Mandatory eFiling of documents filed by attorneys in Limited and Unlimited Civil and Probate case types (from May 5, 2025), optional for self-represented litigants and for Small Claims: definitions; undue hardship applications (§1010.6(g)(3)); the approved providers; the ineligible filings (trial documents, MSC statements, bonds, restraining order filings, documents lodged or conditionally under seal, wills and others); EFSP registration; technical requirements - text searchable PDF, bookmarks, separate envelopes, sealed documents on paper, redaction (rule 1.201); the filing schedule - filed that court day if received by 11:59:59 p.m., ex parte applications by 12 p.m. the court day before and oppositions by 8:00 a.m.; proposed orders; fee waivers; and signatures (rule 2.257). It supersedes and replaces Administrative Order 25.03.
Effective July 1, 2026, all remote appearances for court proceedings are conducted via Zoom and CourtCall is no longer utilized; advance notice is required to appear remotely via Zoom, under the registration requirements of each courtroom.
Courtroom 20, Hon. Maureen M. Houska: case management and the steps that avoid an OSC re sanctions - a CMC statement 15 days before the CMC, default requests within 10 days and default judgment within 45 days; remote appearances by Zoom (Department 20 does not accommodate Court Call), registration by 3:00 p.m. the court day before; ADR Status Conferences with a joint statement five (5) court days before; informal discovery conferences requested by email to Courtroom20@ventura.courts.ca.gov, papers of no more than five (5) pages; law and motion at 8:30 a.m., tentative decisions by 5:00 p.m. the day before, summary judgment on Thursdays; and trial rules - Monday 1:30 trial calls, trial documents emailed (the clerk's office does not accept them), witness and exhibit lists exchanged thirty (30) days before, trial briefs and in limine motions of five (5) pages, court reporters, exhibits, jury instructions, jury questionnaires, six-pack jury selection and the trial schedule.
Courtroom 42, Hon. Ronda J. McKaig: case management and the steps that avoid an OSC re sanctions, preserving a jury trial when fees were not posted by the CMC; ADR Status Conferences with a joint statement five (5) court days before; informal discovery conferences requested by email to courtroom42@ventura.courts.ca.gov, papers of no more than five (5) pages; law and motion at 8:30 a.m., Zoom reservations no later 3 p.m. the court day prior, tentative decisions by 5:00 p.m., summary judgment on Mondays; and trial rules - no e-Delivery of trial documents, witness and exhibit lists exchanged fourteen (14) days before and emailed three (3) court days before, trial briefs and in limine motions of five (5) pages, court reporters, witnesses and Zoom, exhibits, jury instructions and questionnaires, six-pack jury selection and the trial schedule.
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 20's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 21's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Department 21: case management and the issues that may bring an OSC re sanctions; case dates and continuances under CRC 3.1332; ex parte applications heard each court day at 8:30 a.m., a limit of 2 per day, reserved with the Judicial Secretary at (805) 289-8705 and filed by noon the court day before; remote appearances by Zoom - Court Call no longer accommodated, registration by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, check-in 15 minutes before the hearing; ADR Status Conferences with a joint statement 5 court days before; informal discovery conferences on a joint emailed request of no more than 5 pages (Local Rule 8.10); law and motion at 8:30 am, two summary judgment motions a week on Thursdays with courtesy copies two weeks before, submission on the tentative by email before 8:00 a.m.; and trial rules - no e-delivery of trial documents, courtesy copies, joint witness and exhibit lists exchanged 14 days before and emailed three (3) court days before, trial briefs and motions in limine, court reporters, exhibits, jury instructions and questionnaires, six-pack jury selection and the trial schedule.
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 40's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 41's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 42's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Civil Department Zoom Appearance Rules (revised June 25, 2026) with Department 43's registration link: Zoom appearances as a courtesy, Court Call no longer accommodated after July 1, 2026; no remote appearance at trials or evidentiary hearings, default prove-ups included, unless authorized; registration for each appearance by 3:00 p.m. the court day before, the confirmation and Zoom link by 5:00 p.m.; conduct requirements - no recording, AI notetakers included (CRC 1.150); witnesses authorized to appear remotely; and revocation under CCP 367.75(b) and CRC 3.672(d).
Appendix I: the opening of court; attorneys' duties, addressing the court, making objections, speaking to the jury and dealing with witnesses, parties and other attorneys; matters not to take place in the presence of the jury; the conduct of persons in the courtroom; and exhibits.
Chapter 1 (Rules 1.00 to 1.02): the rules are adopted under Government Code §68070 and Code of Civil Procedure §§128 and 187 and apply only so far as they do not conflict with the statutes or the California Rules of Court (Rule 1.00); publication on the court's Internet site and loose-leaf copies for $25.00 (Rule 1.01); and the rules' effective date (Rule 1.02).
Chapter 10: general probate rules - code citations, supplemental and amended pleadings, virtual and physical appearances, proposed orders lodged with the petition, ex parte petitions, video testimony, continuances, the Courtroom J6 calendar and walk-through stipulated petitions (Rule 10.00); guardianship - investigation, mediation, ex parte temporary guardianship heard at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday in Courtroom J1 (VN-234), status reports and Special Immigrant Juvenile findings (Rule 10.01); conservatorship - the petition, the conservatorship video and local form VN-182, notice and hearing, appointed attorneys, the court investigator, care plans, status reports and support orders (Rule 10.02); provisions common to guardianship and conservatorship, including the Public Defender's flat fees (Rule 10.03); probate proceedings - wills, referees, notice, bonds, inventories, status reports and statutory compensation (Rule 10.04); Heggstad petitions (Rule 10.13); spousal property petitions (Rule 10.14); extraordinary compensation (Rule 10.15); and petitions for instructions (Rule 10.16).
Chapter 11: appearance dates fixed on release (Rule 11.00); requests to increase or reduce bail (Rule 11.01); the bail schedule under Penal Code §1269b(d) (Rule 11.01.1); trial by written declaration (Rule 11.02); pretrial motions noticed, briefed, served and filed within California Rules of Court, rule 4.111 (Rule 11.03); Penal Code §995 motions (Rule 11.04); and Penal Code §1538.5 motions (Rule 11.05).
Chapter 12: release of juvenile case file information and petitions for disclosure (JV570) (Rules 12.00 and 12.00.1); the standing order on release of information for continuity of care (Rule 12.01); juvenile dependency - settlements, mediation and discovery, court files, counsel's competency (VN-012), training, standards of representation, attorneys and CASA for children, withdrawal, complaints, de facto parents, ex parte calendaring requests, requests to change a court order (JV-180), visitation orders and psychotropic medication orders (Rule 12.02); Court Appointed Special Advocates (Rule 12.04); and restraining orders in dependency cases (JV-245, JV-250) (Rule 12.05).
Chapter 13: the matters heard by the department designated to hear psychiatric proceedings (Rule 13.00) and transfers for jury trial or to the probate department (Rule 13.01).
Chapter 14: regular sessions of the Appellate Division on the second Friday of each month at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 22 (Rule 14.00); briefs, electronically filed in eCourt by counsel in Civil Limited cases (Rule 14.03); extensions of time (Rule 14.05); relief from dismissal (Rule 14.06); the court file instead of a clerk's transcript (Rule 14.07); official electronic recordings as the record (Rule 14.08); pretrial appeals from the denial of a motion to suppress (Rule 14.09); and appellate counsel in misdemeanor cases (Rule 14.10).
Chapter 15: ex parte applications discouraged (Rule 15.00.A); presented to the assigned judge after reserving a date with the Judicial Secretary, heard at 8:30 a.m. (Rule 15.01); and filed in the courthouse of the judge's department, served, and preferably filed by noon the day before the hearing (Rule 15.03).
Chapter 17: weapons prohibited and searches at the courthouses (Rule 17.00); the Sheriff as Court Security Officer (Rule 17.01); and restricted areas (Rule 17.02).
Chapter 18 (Rule 18.00): court reporting provided in felony trials and hearings, Lanterman-Petris-Short Act proceedings and juvenile calendars; reporting services not available to a party without a fee waiver in Civil matters, Family Law matters and Probate matters; the parties' own official reporter pro tempore (VN-243); a fee waiver party's request on form FW-020 at least ten (10) calendar days before; and the proceedings electronically recorded instead (small claims, infraction and misdemeanor proceedings, limited civil trials and appeals).
Chapter 19: the juror selection program - source lists, random selection, excuses and the master jury list (Rule 19.02); the juror processing program (Rule 19.03); special venire (Rule 19.04); discharge from service for 12 months (Rule 19.05); criminal and civil grand jury selection (Rule 19.07); jury fees and expenses (Rule 19.08); jury instructions (CACI and CALCRIM) (Rule 19.09); and confidential juror information (Rule 19.10).
Chapter 2 (Rules 2.00 to 2.08): meetings of the judges (Rule 2.00); the election, two (2) year term and removal of the Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge (Rule 2.01); the three (3) Divisions - Ventura (Hall of Justice), East County (Simi) and Juvenile (Oxnard) (Rule 2.02); notices of appeal and appellate documents filed with the Appeals Clerk in the Ventura Courthouse, juvenile appeals at the Juvenile Courthouse in Oxnard (Rule 2.02.1); small claims heard at the East County Courthouse by zip code (Rule 2.03); the Standards of Professional Conduct, Appendix I (Rule 2.05); judicial vacation and personal leave days (Rule 2.06); the Executive Committee (Rule 2.07); and written complaints about judges and subordinate judicial officers to the Presiding Judge and about court employees and services to the Court Executive Officer (Rule 2.08).
Chapter 20: interpreters at no cost (Rule 20.00); the list of court approved interpreters (Rule 20.01); interpreter competency (Rule 20.02); requests in civil, family law, probate and juvenile dependency cases on local form VN-250 with a minimum of two (2) court days' notice for Spanish and ten (10) court days' notice for other languages (Rule 20.03); and cancellations with forty-eight (48) hours' notice (Rule 20.04).
Chapter 21: the attorney fee schedule in actions on promissory notes and contracts and in foreclosures - $250 for the first $1,000, the percentages of the following amounts, unlawful detainer $450 (Rule 21.01); appointed counsel and public defense services (Rule 21.02); appointment and compensation of indigent defense counsel under the Appointed Services Fee & Expense Schedule (Rule 21.03); and authorization for ancillary defense services (Rule 21.04).
Chapter 22 (Rule 22.00): fees and expenses of court-appointed experts set by contract, statute, rule or the Service Vendor Rate Schedule.
Chapter 25 (Rule 25.00): training fees for court-appointed temporary judges under California Rules of Court, rule 10.815(b)(16).
Chapter 26 (Rule 26.00): media requests on forms MC-500 and MC-510 at least five (5) court days before the proceedings; no camera or electronic device used to transmit, record or photograph in any part of the courthouse except as permitted; jury areas and jurors; devices silenced before entering a courtroom; and confiscation, prosecution, sanctions or contempt for violations.
Chapter 28 (Rule 28.00): actions under the California Environmental Quality Act - CEQA cases assigned to a single judge, the caption, provisional complex designation, the initial case management conference and joint statement at least three (3) court days before it, electronic copies of the merits briefs and the administrative record.
Chapter 3: civil case delay reduction under Standards 2.1 and 2.2 (Rule 3.00); the five case management tracks (Rule 3.02); every pending case calendared for a future event (Rule 3.03); the Notice of Case Assignment and Mandatory Appearance, the combined CMC/OSC about five (5) months after filing, and the Civil Case Cover Sheet Addendum (Local Form VN278) (Rule 3.03.1); complex cases - a CMC within 120 days of the designation and a joint complex status report fifteen (15) calendar days before it (Rule 3.08); uninsured motorist cases (Rule 3.09); mandatory settlement conferences in unlimited civil cases, remote or in person, with an optional confidential statement lodged five (5) court days before (Rule 3.13); sanctions (Rule 3.17); no waiver of rules by stipulation (Rule 3.18); civil cases assigned to a judge for all purposes (Rule 3.21); notice of reassignment (Rule 3.22); the Court-Ordered Civil Mediation Program - eligibility, the meet and confer and the stipulation to mediator (VN-272) within fifteen (15) days, the mediation statement five (5) days before, participation, continuances and the completion deadline (Rule 3.24) - and the mediator complaint procedure (Rule 3.24.1); elisors (Rule 3.31); and cases removed to federal court (Rule 3.32).
Chapter 4: conformed copies for the eCourt case types - face pages at case initiation, ink-stamped copies of later filings, orders and judgments - and return envelopes for other case types (Rule 4.01); eminent domain pleadings (Rule 4.02); Judicial Council forms in domestic relations cases (Rule 4.03); electronic delivery in civil, small claims, family law and probate cases, family law eDelivery received between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. deemed filed that day, and the 16 kinds of documents that may not be submitted electronically (Rule 4.05); pleadings filed after leave is granted, within ten (10) days (Rule 4.07); complaints-in-intervention (Rule 4.08); exhibit tabs (Rule 4.09); proofs of service on a party's attorney (Rule 4.10); law and motion papers filed at the courthouse where the matter is heard and proposed orders (Rule 4.11); default hearing forms in limited civil cases (Rule 4.12); appellate briefs served on the trial judge (Rule 4.13); pseudonyms (Rule 4.14); and erroneously sued defendants (Rule 4.15).
Chapter 5: minute orders (Rule 5.01); court records and the return of exhibits only on court order (Rule 5.02); removal of exhibits (Rule 5.04); one (1) copy as the reasonably necessary photocopying under a fee waiver (Rule 5.05); exhibits that pose health or safety problems (Rule 5.06); and electronic storage media submitted in the courtroom only, lodged copies in PDF and the accepted digital formats (Rule 5.07).
Chapter 6: counsel's duty to inform the assigned judge of anything that may keep a case from proceeding to trial, and of settlement (Rule 6.00); matters set on calendar only by the clerk or a judge's order (Rule 6.02); and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act - the plaintiff's duty before the initial case management conference, stays not exceeding sixty (60) days, notice, hearings and findings (Rule 6.08).
Chapter 7: remote appearances through Zoom and CourtCall depending on the courtroom's technology (see Code of Civil Proc. §367.75 and Cal. Rules of Court, rules 3.670 and 3.672), with personal appearance required where the bench officer so determines (Rule 7.06); Rules 7.00 to 7.05 are deleted.
Chapter 8 (not applicable to Family Law matters): tentative rulings available by 4:00 p.m. on the court day before the hearing on the court's website, with no notice of intent to appear (Rule 8.00); continuances and off-calendar requests - the Legal Research attorneys notified by telephone, continuances of not less than two (2) weeks, small claims trial de novo continuances on forms SC-150 and SC-152 (Rule 8.04); restoration to calendar (Rule 8.05); informal discovery conferences on a joint request not exceeding eight (8) pages (Rule 8.10); procedural rules for civil trials - trial briefs of no more than ten (10) pages, witness disclosure 24 hours ahead, exhibits, the statement of the case, jury instructions, in limine motions of no more than three (3) pages, and the checklist for the courtroom clerk (Rule 8.12); minor's compromise petitions heard in the Probate Department (Rule 8.13); and Exhibit A, the jury instruction format.
Chapter 9: the matters assigned to the Family Law Department (Rule 9.01); sanctions (Rule 9.02); vertical case management (Rule 9.03); status conferences at six (6), twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months, local form VN-263 (Rule 9.03.1); service of process (Rule 9.03.2); ex parte matters - disfavored, hearings, notice, required pleadings and specific orders (Rules 9.04 to 9.09); calendaring on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, TRO hearings within twenty-five (25) days (Rule 9.10); hearings - continuances on local form VN-230 at least two (2) court days before, specially set evidentiary hearings, appearances (Rule 9.12); orders (Rule 9.14); support computations and the Santa Clara Support Schedule (Rule 9.15); service and filing of the Income and Expense Declaration (FL-150) and pay stubs, and additional financial documents at the hearing (Rules 9.16 to 9.18); trials - mandatory settlement conferences with the Joint Mandatory Settlement Conference Statement (VN-219) filed five (5) court days before, defaults and contested trials (Rule 9.19); the Family Law Facilitator and its grievance procedure (Rules 9.20 and 9.21); child custody recommending counseling (Rules 9.30 to 9.35); child custody evaluations (Rule 9.36); contested custody cases and the communication protocol (Rules 9.40 and 9.41); supervised visitation providers (Rule 9.42); complaints about appointed counsel for a child (Rule 9.43); and adoption proceedings (Rules 9.50 to 9.51).
Beginning June 1, 2026, W&I 8102 / 8103 Deadly Weapons cases including Requests to Challenge Disqualified Persons, and Notice of Impoundment of Vehicle cases are assigned to Judge Carla Ortega in Courtroom J4 and heard on Mondays at 3:00pm; filings are submitted to the Civil Clerk's Office at the Hall of Justice in Ventura, not at the Juvenile Justice Center.
No one but authorized court and court security personnel may photograph, record or broadcast in any courtroom, courthouse or court facility except as permitted by Local Rule 26.00, California Rules of Court, rule 1.150, or an order; the definitions of Camera, Wearable Electronic Device and Wearable Camera, and Personal Electronic Device; cameras and wearable cameras not brought into a courthouse except by authorized media representatives with a court order and press credential; personal electronic devices used only under Local Rule 26.00; copying court records with one's own equipment after informing the Clerk (Government Code section 68150); posting; and seizure, sanctions, contempt or arrest for violations.
Asset Forfeiture and W&I 8102 / 8103 weapons cases assigned to Judge Marine Dermadzhyan in Courtroom J3; Asset Forfeiture cases heard on the first Monday of the month at 1:30pm, Deadly Weapons cases on Monday afternoons at 1:30pm; filings submitted to the Civil Clerk's Office at the Hall of Justice in Ventura.
Civil Harassment Restraining Order cases assigned to Judge Carol L. Hubner in Courtroom J1 at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard, heard on Mondays and Fridays at 2:30pm; ex parte hearings at 1:30pm Monday through Friday, with the daily cut off for filing at 11:00am; filings in person at the Juvenile Justice Center, by US mail or in its drop box, and not accepted at the Hall of Justice in Ventura.
From July 1, 2025: mandatory electronic service for represented parties in Limited and Unlimited Civil and Probate case types (not Civil Restraining Order Cases), with exemption requests on EFS-007-CV and EFS-008-CV and the email address provided on the first electronic filing (EFS-010 for changes); consent to electronic service on EFS-005-CV for self-represented parties and in Family Law and Civil Restraining Order Cases; and another EFS-005-CV from self-represented civil and probate parties, and from family law parties, who consented before July 1, 2025.
Beginning June 2, 2025, Unlawful Detainer cases, ex parte hearings included, heard in Department 10 at 1:30 p.m. on Mondays (or the Tuesday after a Monday court holiday); Unlawful Detainer ex parte hearings also heard in Courtroom 40 at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays, by reservation with the judicial secretary.
Civil filing information: a Civil Case Cover Sheet with all new complaints; the ADR information package served with the complaint (California Rule of Court 3.221); noticed and ex-parte motions filed in the courthouse of the assigned judge's department and reserved in advance; mandatory eFiling for attorneys in unlimited and limited civil (California Rule of court 2.253(b)); drop box filings before 4:00 p.m.; motions served and filed at least 16 court days before the hearing; civil appeals; and Mandatory Settlement Conferences by Zoom only when all participants appear by Zoom, MSC Briefs of no more than 5 pages emailed to MSC@ventura.courts.ca.gov at least 5 court days before, with the remote MSC form.
A party requesting to appear remotely for an appellate proceeding in courtroom 22 submits a proposed Order Regarding Remote Appearance (Judicial Council Form RA-020) through the clerk's office no later than 5 court days before the hearing; CourtCall is not available; a filed notice of remote appearance without prior permission is not considered; and the requirements for participants appearing via Zoom.
CARE Act matters are confidential and closed to the public: only parties entitled to be present are allowed into the Zoom meeting, from a private location; the steps thirty minutes and 15 minutes before the hearing; access to Zoom limited to Public Defenders, County Counsel, Behavioral Health, Petitioners, permitted family members and support persons; the courtroom's meeting number and passcode; and conduct at the hearing.
Courtroom 43, Hon. Ben Coats: jury or court trial confirmed when the case is called out; jury fees, a check for each day's fees; trials Tuesdays through Fridays from 9:30 a.m.; the pre-trial conference immediately before jury selection, trial briefs, witness lists and in limine motions of five (5) pages each, no more than ten (10) without leave; the meet and confer on in limine motions, verdicts, admissibility, deposition and video designations (notice two court days before playing), demonstrative evidence and the statement of the case; a Realtime court reporter; conduct of clients and witnesses; jury questionnaires (at least 60 copies); exhibits pre-marked before jury selection; three-minute mini opening statements; the jury selection method and limits on voir dire; jury instructions; witnesses, objections, exhibits and Power-Point presentations; the requested stipulations; availability during deliberations; and no email to the judge's address (Courtroom43@ventura.courts.ca.gov only when invited).