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All criminal writs are assigned to Judge Michael Risher; when he is unavailable, to Judges Thomas Stevens, Clifford Blakely, Thomas Reardon and/or Stuart Hing. Rescinds General Directive 2026-22A. Issued March 23, 2026; expires December 31, 2026.
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[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-22B SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT OF CRIMINAL WRITS All criminal writs shall be assigned to the Hon. Michael Risher for adjudication. In the event that the Hon. Michael Risher is unavailable, criminal writs will be assigned to the Hon. Thomas Stevens, the Hon. Clifford Blakely, the Hon. Thomas Reardon, and/or the Hon. Stuart Hing. General Directive 2026-22A is hereby rescinded. This directive shall expire on December 31, 2026. Issued: March 23, 2026 [signature] Michael M. Markman, Presiding Judge Superior Court of California, County of Alameda
[Seal of the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda] CHAMBERS OF MICHAEL M. MARKMAN Presiding Judge Department 1 René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL DIRECTIVE BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE DIRECTIVE NO: 2026-22B SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT OF CRIMINAL WRITS All criminal writs shall be assigned to the Hon. Michael Risher
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Alameda build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-alameda/gd/2026-22b-assignment-criminal-writs.pdf (156956 bytes, sha256 39412824cd7c15fb4daad6951c5e8a8726990cd6aba2a8e40c23beddc0a3ee9a; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan under an OCR text layer that was not relied on: transcribed from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a machine reading (RapidOCR) was used only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified; every quotation mark, apostrophe, dash and bracket checked in full-resolution crops; the court seal and the signature are bracketed. Printed irregularities are kept as printed.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.