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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 34 (Judge Leonard E. Marquez) Departmental Information and Policies (revised May 20, 2026)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 34 (Judge Leonard E. Marquez) Departmental Information and Policies (revised May 20, 2026), 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/departmental-information-and-policies_judge-marquez_2026-update.docx, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 34's departmental information and policies: the typical weekly schedule; case management conferences Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 am; the law and motion calendar at 9:00 am on Mondays (tentative rulings at 1:30 pm the preceding court day; Local Rule 3.43); ex parte applications under Standing Order 3.5; trials and long cause hearings from 10:00 am; issue conferences at 9:30 am; settlement conferences with the Settlement Mentor; courtesy copies; stipulations and continuances; pre-trial orders; court reporters and interpreters; and decorum and civility.

Applies to

California > First Appellate District > Contra Costa County > Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa > Department 34

Source of truth

Departmental Information and Policies Hon. Leonard E. Marquez, Judge Contra Costa County Superior Court [Revised 5/20/2026] Typical Weekly Schedule 8:30 am to Noon and 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm (Monday through Friday) Case Management Conferences (CMC). Case Management Conferences are heard Tuesday through Friday, beginning at 8:30 am and generally running through 9:30 am. While requests for priority are

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: May 20, 2026
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/departmental-information-and-policies_judge-marquez_2026-update.docx (32763 bytes, sha256 12caeb7658509408c175b9d002bf61e5e604e1478b3071f3934640ac13692e5d; a Word document) with the Word-document reader (build/docx_compose.py; Word is never opened): the body's paragraphs and tables in document order; the proof (every character of the document body accounted for) passes. Attached to Judge Leonard E. Marquez: the card is Department 34's, where the court's Directory of Judicial Departments (effective September 14, 2026) seats Judge Leonard E. Marquez.