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Subordinate judicial officers and temporary judges may review and adjudicate certain ex parte matters, including applications for civil harassment, domestic violence, elder abuse, workplace violence and gun violence temporary restraining orders, default judgments in unlawful detainer and collections matters, service of summons by posting and stays in unlawful detainer matters, orders of publication, and requests to waive court fees. Issued January 1, 2026; expires December 31, 2026.
California > First Appellate District > Alameda County > 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: 2026-23 SUBJECT: USE OF SUBORDINATE JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND TEMPORARY JUDGES TO REVIEW AND ADJUDICATE EX PARTE MATTERS The Court may utilize subordinate judicial officers and/or temporary judges to review and adjudicate certain ex parte matters, including but not limited to the following: • Applications for Civil Harassment temporary restraining orders; • Applications for Domestic Violence temporary restraining orders; • Applications for Elder Abuse temporary restraining orders; • Applications for Workplace Violence temporary restraining orders; • Applications for Gun Violence temporary restraining orders; • Requests for Entry of Default Judgement in Unlawful Detainer and/or Collections matters; • Applications to Serve Summons by Posting in Unlawful Detainer matters; • Requests for stays in Unlawful Detainer matters; • Applications for Order of Publication; and • Requests to Waive Court Fees. This directive shall expire on December 31, 2026. Issued: January 1, 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: 2026-23 SUBJECT: USE OF SUBORDINATE JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND TEMPORARY JUDGES TO REVIEW AND ADJUDICATE EX PARTE M
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-28 (California T3 Alameda build 2026-09-28) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-alameda/gd/2026-23-use-subordinate-judicial-officers-and-temporary-judges-review-and-adjudicate-ex-parte-matters.pdf (210230 bytes, sha256 0242a6753e60581a9cab64bdaf3f194adafb175ed9813d10ae43a3850827cd2a; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan with no text layer: 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. The directive prints “Default Judgement”. 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.