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Chapter 2 (Rules 2.1 to 2.3): to maintain integrity and impartiality of the judicial system the court will ensure that all proceedings are conducted to be fair and impartial to all participants, that all persons in and about the courtroom refrain from engaging in conduct that exhibits racial, gender, national origin, religious, or any other form of bias, and that all orders, rulings, or decisions are based on an objective balancing of competing rights and interests (2.1); the courthouse a historic building lacking in access and facilities to accommodate all persons with disabilities, the court does not discriminate on the basis of disability, disabled persons wishing to request accommodations may do so by notifying the court or completing Judicial Council Form MC-140, Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Order, and sending it to the Court Executive Officer, PO Box 518, Markleeville, CA 96120, or by facsimile at 530-694-2119, and the court will provide such assistance or arrangement as may be appropriate and reasonable, including moving sessions of the court to a more suitable alternate location (2.2); and all references to attorney or counsel shall also refer to self-represented persons, these rules to apply equally to self-represented persons (2.3).
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CHAPTER 2: FAIRNESS AND ACCESS RULES RULE 2. FAIRNESS, ACCESS, FACILITIES AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES RULE 2.1. FAIRNESS To maintain integrity and impartiality of the judicial system the court will: 1. Ensure that all proceedings are conducted to be fair and impartial to all participants. 2. Ensure that all persons in and about the courtroom refrain from engaging in conduct that exhibits racial, gender, national origin, religious, or any other form of bias directed toward counsel, court personnel, witnesses, parties, jurors, or any other person or group. 3. Ensure that all orders, rulings, or decisions are based on an objective balancing of competing rights and interests in consideration of applicable law, through the exercise of sound judgment and judicial discretion, without influence of race, gender, national origin, religion, or any other form of bias. Amd. 7/1/2024; Eff. 1/1/2007 RULE 2.2. ACCESS The courthouse is a historic building lacking in access and facilities to accommodate all persons with disabilities. The court does not discriminate on the basis of disability with respect to admission to, access to, or the operations of its hearings, programs, services, benefits or activities. Disabled persons wishing to request accommodations may do so by notifying the court or completing Judicial Council Form MC-140, Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Order, and sending it to the Court Executive Officer, PO Box 518, Markleeville, CA 96120, or by facsimile at 530-694-2119. Upon notice and request to accommodate persons with disabilities, the court will provide such assistance or arrangement as may be appropriate and reasonable, including, without limitation, moving sessions of the court to a more suitable alternate location. Amd. eff. 1/1/2011; eff. 1/1/2007 RULE 2.3. REFERENCES TO COUNSEL/ATTORNEY All references to attorney or counsel shall also refer to self-represented persons. These rules shall apply equally to self-represented persons. Amd. 7/1/2024; Eff. 1/1/2007
CHAPTER 2: FAIRNESS AND ACCESS RULES RULE 2. FAIRNESS, ACCESS, FACILITIES AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES RULE 2.1. FAIRNESS To maintain integrity and impartiality of the judicial system the court will: 1. Ensure that all proceedings are conducted to be fair and impartial to all participants. 2. Ensure that all persons in and about the courtroom refrain from engaging in cond
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-14 (California T4 Alpine build 2026-10-14) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-alpine/docs/local-rules/local-rules-2024.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ALPINE LOCAL RULES OF COURT EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024”, as fetched 2026-10-14; 937850 bytes, sha256 031af390c6d443c8fbd57f2b0b0f13150ca621bfca6b544c837f2e8e119ac3af; 41 pages; this part PDF pages 15 to 16, printed pages 10 to 11) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the general information and the rules (PDF pages 9 to 39, printed pages 4 to 34) composed as one text and cut at the part headings - “GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALPINE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT” and “CHAPTER 1: GENERAL COURT RULES” to “CHAPTER 7: TRAFFIC RULES”, each matched once as a whole line (a chapter may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Alpine” and “Effective July 1, 2024”, named) and the page number at its foot (“4” on PDF page 9, named and a whole line in its band - every printed number is the PDF page less 5) removed as chrome, with the twenty copies of four line tails the Word export drew again at the same place (the composer's overprint rule: a glyph drawn twice at one place prints once) - 82 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading (“RULE 1.1. CITATION OF RULES”, “RULE 1.7.1 CIVIL CASES ...”), each lettered or numbered subdivision and each history line starting a line; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-14.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 41 pages; 6 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: two rule references the pages wrap before “Rule”, a history wrapped before “(3)” and one before its rule reference, each rejoined; a paragraph the reflow ran across a page break, split; and the form number “RA-010”, closed up); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break and false-break audits (review/book-gap-audit-2026-10-14.txt, review/book-short-lines-2026-10-14.txt and review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-14.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed; the book's own text kept as printed (“for an any evidentiary hearing”, “eff. eff.”, “CCP sections 583.3100-0583.430”, “eff. January 12010”, “Cruz/Masolski”); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the adoption and certification page (2, a scan), the table of contents (3 to 5), the list of currently effective rules (6 and 7), the list of local forms (8) and the index (40 and 41) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.