Colusa County Superior Court Local Rules (revised and effective July 1, 2015) — Section 2: Administrative Matters

Summary

Section 2 (Rules 2.01 to 2.14): the judicial business supervised by the Presiding Judge, with the management assistance of the Executive Officer, the administrative business conducted by the Executive Officer (2.01); the Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge to perform the duties of California Rules of Court, Rule 10.603 (2.02); the Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judge selected under Rule 10.602 for a term of two years, the term to commence on January 1 (2.03); the Assistant Presiding Judge to perform the duties of the Presiding Judge when the Presiding Judge is absent or unable to act (2.04); the Executive Officer to serve as Clerk of the Superior Court, responsible for the operation of the Colusa County Superior Court and the duties of California Rules of Court, Rule 10.610 (2.05); official court reporters normally provided in Department 1 for juvenile proceedings (except detention hearings), petitions to declare a minor free from parental custody and control, petitions for termination of parental rights, contested mental health proceedings, contested LPS conservator proceedings and appellate hearings, and in Department 2 for criminal proceedings (all felony and misdemeanor matters except arraignments), not regularly provided for civil hearings, civil trials, or hearings on requests for orders or motions in family law matters (2.06(A)); parties to obtain a reporter for other proceedings by making their own arrangements with a reporting service (2.06(B)); parties in civil proceedings to provide their own interpreters, the court to provide interpreters in criminal and juvenile proceedings for the defendant or minor or the minor's parents and for witnesses, counsel to notify the courtroom clerk of the need for an interpreter for witnesses at the time a contested proceeding is set (2.07); one county-wide geographical selection area for juror summons lists (2.08); the court's policy to manage all cases from filing or first arraignment through final disposition within the time standards of the Standards of Judicial Administration, Section 2.2 (2.09(A)); the goals for general civil cases - unlimited civil cases 75 percent disposed of within 12 months, 85 percent within 18 months and 100 percent within 24 months after filing, limited civil cases 90, 98 and 100 percent within 12, 18 and 24 months (2.09(B)); small claims cases 90 percent within 75 days and 100 percent within 95 days after filing (2.09(C)); unlawful detainer cases 90 percent within 30 days and 100 percent within 45 days (2.09(D)); misdemeanor cases 90, 98 and 100 percent within 30, 90 and 120 days after the defendant's first arraignment (2.09(E)); felony preliminary examinations 90, 98 and 100 percent within 30, 45 and 90 days after the first arraignment (2.09(F)); felony cases disposition within one year of first arraignment, except capital cases (2.09(G)); smoking prohibited throughout the courthouse (2.10); all computers and electronic devices, including cell phones and pagers, turned off before entering the courtroom, a laptop computer or electronic device used only if expressly authorized by the sitting judge, violators subject to contempt of court and/or confiscation (2.11); no person to bring any firearm, explosive, or weapon into a Colusa County courthouse except in full compliance with all laws, or into a courtroom except Peace Officers under the California Penal Code and others approved by the Judge presiding (2.12(A), 2.12(B)); no person with a personal interest or stake in a matter to bring or possess any firearm, explosive, or weapon within that courtroom or within 50 yards of its main entrance (2.12(C)); all persons entering the courthouse or a courtroom subject to cursory search (pat down searches, electronic metal detection and visual inspection of carried items), and to detailed search at any time authorized by the judge (2.13(B), 2.13(C)); a person may decline a search on condition that they immediately leave the courthouse, one who refuses both subject to arrest (2.13(D)); and requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities on Judicial Council Form MC-410, sending it to the Court Executive Officer, 532 Oak Street, Colusa, or made by telephoning (530) 458-5149 (2.14).