Los Angeles County Superior Court — Alhambra Courthouse… — CA · BenchPath

Los Angeles County Superior Court — Alhambra Courthouse, Department V (Judge Sarah J. Heidel): Courtroom Information

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Alhambra Courthouse, Department V, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; served by the court's Courtroom Information application (https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/apps/courtroom-information) at https://www.lacourt.ca.gov/web3/courthouse/api/courthouses/courtroom-information/courthouse/ALH/courtrooms/V/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department V's courtroom information and guidelines (Alhambra Courthouse): law and motion Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m.; jury trials Monday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (dark for trials on Fridays); case management conferences (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.); discovery (meet and confer first; informal discovery conferences on written request); law and motion; the trial preparation order and final status conference (Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.: joint exhibit and witness lists, jury instructions, a concise joint statement, a mini opening statement, a verdict form, and motions in limine served five court days before the conference); bench trials; and compliance.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Alhambra Courthouse > Department V

Source of truth

Department V Courtroom Information and Guidelines Hon. Sarah J. Heidel Judicial Assistant: Robert Rully Courtroom Assistant: TBD Courtroom Telephone: (626) 293-2167 Court Address: 150 West Commonwealth, Alhambra, CA 91801 Law and Motion: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. Jury Trials: Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. The court is dark for trials on Fridays. Department V is an independent/direct

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 29, 2026benchpath-ca-t3-los-angeles-2026-09-29

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/dept/CourtroomInformation_ALH_V.pdf (195680 bytes, sha256 3b6282b1b9ce70d6175477631f6026af85d794c3257b3ce9fb1c3bfffef759e5; 4 pages) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow, drawn-glyph reading): page numbers, pleading line numbers and running headers or footers removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the sheet's paragraphs; proof 1 (whitespace-only), proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) and proof 3 (same characters as the glyphs drawn on the page) all pass. Attached to Judge Sarah J. Heidel: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Sarah J. Heidel in Department V of the Alhambra Courthouse.