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Rule 51 (51.1 to 51.5): complaints about judges assigned through the assigned judges program to the Court Executive Officer, with a notice of receipt signed by the Presiding Judge (51.1); about temporary judges pro tem to Court Administration (51.2); about subordinate judicial officers on the Subordinate Judicial Officer Complaint Form to the Court Executive Officer (51.3); and about court employees to Court Administration (51.4) - each at One Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965, the last three with a written notice of the final action, to the extent possible, within ninety (90) days; and language access complaints to the Language Access Representative on the Language Access Complaint Form, available at every court facility and on the Court's website, each answered within sixty (60) days unless submitted anonymously (51.5).
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LOCAL RULE 51 COMPLAINT PROCEDURES (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) 51.1 COMPLAINTS REGARDING ASSIGNED JUDGES (Effective date 7/1/19) A. This Rule applies to all judges assigned through the Assigned Judges Program administered by the Judicial Council of California. B. Complaints against an assigned judge shall be submitted to: Court Executive Officer Superior Court of California, County of Butte One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 C. A notice of receipt, signed by the Presiding Judge, shall be sent to the complainant with information regarding to where the complaint was directed. (Effective date 7/1/19) 51.2 COMPLAINTS REGARDING TEMPORARY JUDGE PRO TEM (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) A. This Rule applies to all Temporary Judges appointed pursuant to California Rules of Court, Rule 10.743. B. Complaints against a Judge Pro Tem may be submitted in writing to: Court Administration Superior Court of California, County of Butte One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 C. Written notice of the final action shall be sent to the complainant, to the extent possible, within ninety (90) days. (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) 51.3 COMPLAINTS AGAINST SUBORDINATE JUDICIAL OFFICERS (Effective date 7/1/19) A. This Rule applies to all Subordinate Judicial Officers as defined by California Rules of Court, Rule 10.703. B. Complaints against a Subordinate Judicial Officer may be submitted in writing using the Subordinate Judicial Officer Complaint Form and returned to: Court Executive Officer Superior Court of California, County of Butte One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 C. Written notice of the final action shall be sent to the complainant, to the extent possible, within ninety (90) days. (Effective date 7/1/19) 51.4 COMPLAINTS AGAINST COURT EMPLOYEES (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) A. It is the objective of the Court to Courteously receive and to investigate complaints concerning its employees. Complaints against Court employees may be submitted in writing to: Court Administration Superior Court of California, County of Butte One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 B. Court Administration will send an acknowledgement when the complaint has been received. C. If further action is needed, and to the extent possible, the investigation process shall be completed within ninety (90) days. Upon the completion of any investigation, a notice of the final action shall be sent to the complainant. (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) 51.5 Language Access Complaints (Effective date 7/1/19) A. The Court is committed to providing equal access to Court users regardless of English proficiency. Members of the public who have a complaint or other feedback about the Court’s language access services may complete a Language Access Complaint Form which may be returned to: Language Access Representative Superior Court of California, County of Butte One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 B. The Language Access Complaint Form will be available in hard copy at every Court facility and electronically on the Court’s website (www.butteCourt.ca.gov). C. The Language Access Representative will respond to all language access complaints other than those submitted anonymously within sixty (60) days. (Effective date 7/1/19)
LOCAL RULE 51 COMPLAINT PROCEDURES (Effective date 7/1/19, as amended 7/1/25) 51.1 COMPLAINTS REGARDING ASSIGNED JUDGES (Effective date 7/1/19) A. This Rule applies to all judges assigned through the Assigned Judges Program administered by the Judicial Council of California. B. Complaints against an assigned judge shall be submitted to: Court Executive Officer Superior Court of California, County
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Butte build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-butte/docs/local-rules/local-rules-january-2026-final-edit_san.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “Local Court Rules Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 6485001 bytes, sha256 043b7a23248fccbde751232510b0b283759182bb05446c97c68478f2adcb12b1; 229 pages; this rule PDF pages 125 to 126) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow) and its strike-out: 19 rules - 1 to 4, 6, 9, 12 to 22, 50 and 51 - each composed from its own pages (PDF pages 14 to 126, printed “Page 1 of 216” to “Page 113 of 216”), from its heading (“LOCAL RULE 1 GENERAL RULES”, with its history note on the same row) to its last history note: each page's running header (“SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF BUTTE RULES”) and its two footer lines (the rule's name and “Page N of 216”) removed as chrome - PDF page 24, a Rule 2 page, prints Rule 1's name in its footer, removed there too; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and each subdivision's label and title (“2.1 APPLICABILITY”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt) finds no struck run; 14 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: eleven complaint addresses in Rules 6, 9, 16, 17 and 51 whose street the reflow ran into the court's name, each street set on its own line as printed; Rule 2.6(B)'s transcript request address set on its four lines; Rule 2.16's empty label “D.” set apart from Rule 2.17's heading; Rule 16.27's “c)Training” set on its own line) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-10.txt) list candidates read one by one; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the list of the rules with their effective dates, the applicability statement, the table of contents, the abbreviations, the subject index, the forms indexes and the local forms printed as page images (PDF pages 127 to 229) 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.