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Contra Costa County Superior Court — Department 34 (Judge Leonard E. Marquez) Pre-Trial Orders - Jury Trial (rev. 6/24/26)

High confidence· verified October 8, 2026Judge PreferencesDepartment 34 (Judge Leonard E. Marquez) Pre-Trial Orders - Jury Trial (rev. 6/24/26), 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/d34_standing-order-civil-jury-trials.pdf, fetched 2026-10-08.

Summary

Department 34's pre-trial orders for jury trials: the summary of deadlines; witness lists and trial exhibits; motions in limine; the Advance Trial Conference; proposed jury instructions and jury verdict forms; voir dire; general courtroom decorum; opening statements; witnesses; objections; closing arguments; additional case specific orders; and the notice regarding compliance with orders.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ATTACHMENT 1 - PRE-TRIAL ORDERS – JURY TRIAL (Rev. 6/24/26) SUMMARY OF DEADLINES 1 Deadline Requirements Ten (10) calendar days in advance of the Issue Conference File and serve motions in limine Five (5) calendar days in advance of the Issue Conference File and serve Witness List File and serve oppositions to motions in limine Seven (7) court da

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa — court website
Source health: Healthy · checked September 28, 2026
Effective date: June 24, 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/d34_standing-order-civil-jury-trials.pdf (51215 bytes, sha256 db5a8d7cec15223c468cae67f63f1b6714b7499f870f81e33de945aa12b462f4; 8 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): the deadline chart, a ruled table, set cell by cell (tables=True), each requirement in a cell on its own line (eleven), the footnote mark “1” after “SUMMARY OF DEADLINES” set apart by a space and the revision date and the chart's title, printed on two lines, set apart (whitespace fixes). 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.