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Rule 15 (Rules 15.1 to 15.7): security in all courtrooms, facilities, and grounds maintained by the Lassen County Sheriff (15.1); no person to bring or possess any weapon as defined in Penal Code Section 171b in a court facility, except weapons to be used as evidence (locked where they can be) and those of Peace Officers carrying out official duties, a Peace Officer who is not a party to obtain permission from the Courtroom Bailiff, and no person carrying a weapon when appearing as a party (15.2); appropriate dress in any courtroom, the bailiff on duty with authority to enforce it (15.3); the courtroom clerks’ workstations and the judges’ benches and chambers reserved for court staff (15.4); photographing, videotaping, televising, or otherwise recording a proceeding prohibited unless a written request is approved before the proceeding (California Rules of Court 1.150), a person may use the person’s own equipment to copy a public record in the File Viewing Room (Rule 2(N)), members of the media to meet with the Court Executive Officer before operating equipment in common areas, and no buttons, flags, signs, images that might prejudice the court or jury (15.5); computers and electronic devices turned off before entering the courtroom and used only as authorized by the sitting judge, violators subject to contempt of court or confiscation (15.6); and the bias informal complaint policy - a written Notice of Concern to the Presiding Judge or Court Executive Officer, its intent to educate rather than to discipline, confidential to the extent possible - and a formal complaint sent to the Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) about a judge, to the Presiding Judge about a commissioner or the Court Executive Officer, to the Court Executive Officer about a member of court staff or a court contractor, to the State Bar of California about an attorney and to the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office about a courtroom bailiff (15.7).
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RULE OF COURT NO. 15 COURT SECURITY, CONDUCT AND COMPLAINT PROCESS 15.1 SECURITY. Security relating to all matters in all courtrooms, facilities, and grounds of the Lassen Superior Court shall be maintained by the Lassen County Sheriff following the established security plan. (Effective 7/1/22, as amended 7/1/24) 15.2 WEAPONS IN COURT FACILITIES WITH PENAL CODE SECTION 171b. (a) All persons are required to comply with Penal Code Section 171b. No person shall bring or possess any weapon as defined in Penal Code Section 171b into a court facility. Exceptions are: 1. Weapons possessed or in transport to be used as evidence in a court of law with picture identification and appropriate proof. Weapons that can be locked must have locks on them. 2. Weapons possessed by Peace Officers carrying out official duties who are uniformed or non-uniformed. (b) Peace Officers who are not parties to any court proceeding and who wish to bring weapons into any courtroom shall identify themselves to the Courtroom Bailiff and obtain permission from the bailiff to bring the weapon into the Courtroom. (c) No person (including Peace Officers) shall carry a weapon into any Court facility when appearing in Court in which they are a party to the case. (Effective 7/1/22, as amended 7/1/24) 15.3 DRESS POLICY. All persons who appear in any courtroom shall dress appropriately. The bailiff on duty, under the supervision of the Judge presiding in that courtroom, has the authority to enforce this rule and exclude persons with inappropriate attire from entering the courtroom. (Effective 7/1/22) 15.4 RESTRICTED AREAS. (a) The workstations for courtroom clerks and all judges’ benches and chambers are reserved for the exclusive use of the court staff. Everyone else is prohibited from entrance into these areas unless directed to enter by court personnel. (b) Court staff shall be responsible for enforcing these rules by requesting anyone other than court personnel to leave any restricted area. Bailiffs may remove individuals who violate this directive and report violations to the Presiding Judge. (Effective 7/1/22) 15.5 RECORDING EQUIPMENT PROHIBITED. (a) Prohibited Activities. Photographing, videotaping, televising, or otherwise recording any court proceeding is prohibited unless a written request has been filed and approved by the Judge presiding at the proceeding prior to the commencement of the proceeding. No one may use a camera, camera-phone, or electronic device with a camera to transmit, record, or take pictures in any portion of the courthouse except as permitted by these rules and California Rules of Court 1.150. This rule does not prohibit a person from using the person’s own equipment to photograph or otherwise copy a court record that is accessible to the public while viewing the record/file in the designated File Viewing Room at the Hall of Justice, as permitted by Rule 2(N) and Government Code section 68150(l)(3)–(4). (b) Members of the Media. Members of the media shall meet with the Court Executive Officer, or his or her designee, prior to operating media equipment in common areas of the courthouse. (c) Prohibition Against Visual Displays, Banners, Flags, Photographs. No person present at a court proceeding may display any buttons, flags, signs, images, or otherwise, that might prejudice the court or jury or undermine the security or decorum of the proceeding. The bailiff on duty, under the supervision of the Judge, shall have the authority to enforce these rules. (Effective 7/1/22, as amended 7/1/26) 15.6 USE OF LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES. All computers and electronic devices, including but not limited to cell phones, pagers, and personal digital assistants shall be turned off before entering the courtroom. If a laptop computer or electronic device is necessary for a matter at issue, it may be used only if expressly authorized by the sitting judge at the hearing. An electronic device shall not be handled in any way as to indicate a picture, audio or video recording is being taken. Enforcement is in the sole discretion of the sitting judge. Violators are subject to contempt of court and/or confiscation of the computer or device. (Effective 7/1/22) 15.7 BIAS INFORMAL COMPLAINT POLICY. (a) General. To preserve the integrity and impartiality of the judicial system, the Court shall: 1. Ensure fairness. Ensure that courtroom proceedings are conducted in a manner that is fair and impartial to all of the participants. 2. Refrain from and prohibit biased conduct. In all courtroom proceedings, refrain from engaging in conduct and prohibit others from engaging in conduct that exhibits bias based on race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic status, disability, age, gender, or sexual orientation, including whether that bias is directed toward counsel, court personnel, witnesses, parties, jurors, or any other participants. (b) Notice of Concern Process. If an individual has a concern about compliance with the mandates set forth above in subsection (a) by the Court or by any courtroom participant, then: 1. The individual may submit a written Notice of Concern to the Presiding Judge or Court Executive Officer, which identifies all courtroom participants and the specific behavior or conduct occurring in the courtroom of concern; 2. The intent of the Notice of Concern procedure is to educate all parties with the purpose of ameliorating the concern rather than disciplining the person who is the subject of the notice; 3. To the extent possible and unless disclosure is required by law, the Court shall protect the confidentiality of the noticing party, the person who is the subject of the notice, and other interested persons; 4. The focus of this Local Rule is on incidents of concern: (i) Bias based on race, religion ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic status, disability, age, gender, or sexual orientation; (ii) Whether that bias is directed toward counsel, court personnel, witnesses, parties, jurors, or any other participants; and (iii) Where the incident does not warrant discipline but requires education and correction. 5. Courtroom activities constituting legitimate advocacy when matters of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic status, disability, age, gender, or sexual orientation which are relevant to issues in the courtroom proceeding are exempt from this Notice of Concern procedure. (c) Formal Complaint Process 1. With respect to any incident that if substantiated would warrant discipline against a judge, the concerned individual may file a formal complaint with the Commission on Judicial Performance; 2. Nothing in this procedure in any way shall limit the ability of any person to submit a formal complaint of misconduct regarding any courtroom participant to the Commission on Judicial Performance or the appropriate disciplinary body. 3. A formal complaint about a courtroom participant should be sent as follows: (i) A Superior Court Judge TO: The Commission on Judicial Performance (CJP) 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 14400 San Francisco, California 94102 Website: https://cjp.ca.gov/file_a_complaint/ (ii) A Superior Court Commissioner or Court Executive Officer TO: Presiding Judge Lassen Superior Court 2610 Riverside Drive Susanville, California 96130 (iii) A Member of Court Staff or Court Contractor TO: Court Executive Officer Lassen Superior Court 2610 Riverside Drive Susanville, California 96130 (iv) An Attorney TO: State Bar of California 100 Howard Street San Francisco, California 94105 Website: www.calbar.ca.gov/Public/Complaints-Claims (v) A Courtroom Bailiff TO: Lassen County Sheriff’s Office 1415 Sheriff Cady Lane Susanville, California 96130 (Effective 7/1/22, as amended 1/1/24)
RULE OF COURT NO. 15 COURT SECURITY, CONDUCT AND COMPLAINT PROCESS 15.1 SECURITY. Security relating to all matters in all courtrooms, facilities, and grounds of the Lassen Superior Court shall be maintained by the Lassen County Sheriff following the established security plan. (Effective 7/1/22, as amended 7/1/24) 15.2 WEAPONS IN COURT FACILITIES WITH PENAL CODE SECTION 171b. (a) All persons are re
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Lassen build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-lassen/docs/local-rules/local-rules-court-effective-july-1-2026.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LASSEN LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective July 1, 2026”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 902440 bytes, sha256 b04136070555eb679f27e6020412087f261a95fe203b285fa7225070791bc2b4; 112 pages; this rule PDF pages 77 to 81, printed pages 77 to 81) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 5 to 100, printed 5 to 100) composed as one text and cut at the nineteen headings “RULE OF COURT NO. 1” to “RULE OF COURT NO. 19”, each matched once as a whole line (a rule may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“Superior Court of California, County of Lassen”) and its running footer (“Local Rules of Court”, “Rev. 7/1/26”, “www.Lassen.Courts.CA.gov” and the page number), each named and a whole line in its band, removed as chrome - 480 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's heading and title, each numbered rule (“6.1 TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE RULE.”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, a line in capitals ending its paragraph, and each history line (“(Effective ...)”) on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds no struck run on the book's 112 pages; no table on the rule pages; 9 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 1's “At-Issue” / “Memorandum” sentence rejoined; Rule 7(B)'s excepted case types set row by row, their cells left to right; Rule 15.7(c)'s complaint addresses and Rule 19.3(g)'s claims address each set one printed line to a line; two pairs of Rule 19.4(a)'s fee lines set apart); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (list items without closing punctuation, the run-in bold headings of Rule 19.4(b) and (d), the “OR” lines between alternatives); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (2 to 4), the alphabetical subject index (101 to 110) and the two appendices of local forms (111 and 112) 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.