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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 10 (Judge Julia Campins) Pre-Trial Discovery Conference

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 10 (Judge Julia Campins) Pre-Trial Discovery Conference, Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa; posted on the court's General Civil Departments page (https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/divisions/civil/general-civil-departments) at https://contracosta.courts.ca.gov/system/files/general/pre-trial-discovery-conference-campins-d10.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 10's Pre-Trial Discovery Conference (PDC) to resolve discovery disputes within 30 days without a formal motion: how a PDC arises (a stipulation before a Motion to Compel, tolling the time to file, or the Court's own contact); the disputes it hears and the cases it will not (a self-represented party; straight motions to compel); the stipulation's contents (meet and confer efforts, a summary, a privilege log); the joint letter brief five court days before (not over five pages); the PDC in chambers with attorneys in person; and its outcomes and sanctions.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa > Department 10

Source of truth

PRE-TRIAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE Dept. 10 Hon. Julia Campins Dept. 10 entertains requests for a Pre-Trial Discovery Conference (“PDC”) in order to resolve discovery disputes without the need for a formal motion. The goal is to informally resolve discovery disputes within 30 days without the need for formal motion briefing or a formal motion hearing. Counsel requesting a PDC shall review the followin

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 8, 2026benchpath-ca-t4-contra-costa-2026-10-08

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-08 (California T4 Contra Costa build 2026-10-08) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-contra-costa/docs/general/pre-trial-discovery-conference-campins-d10.pdf (91226 bytes, sha256 3955170b6c078183546ff82c0eb69293f6b4a2b21679fe3942b2b22369ce21db; 2 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): page marks and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the document's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. Documented settings (whitespace-only or same-character changes; the proofs hold): nineteen “o” sub-bullets set on their own lines (whitespace fixes). Attached to Judge Julia Campins: the card is Department 10's, where the court's Directory of Judicial Departments (effective September 14, 2026) seats Judge Julia Campins.