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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F51 (Judge Andrew E. Cooper): Courtroom Information (Rev. January 2026)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Chatsworth Courthouse, Department F51, 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/CHA/courtrooms/F51/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department F51's courtroom information (Chatsworth Courthouse): trial hours (10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.); check-in from 8:30 a.m.; civility and decorum; court reporters (parties provide their own, with form LACIV237 or LACIV236); filings by represented and self-represented litigants; motions (reserved on the Court Reservation System, heard Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., tentative rulings possible after 3:00 p.m. the day before); demurrers; courtesy copies; discovery motions (meet and confer in person or by phone); LACourtConnect appearances (not for trials, prove-ups, final status conferences or settlement conferences); ex parte applications (Monday through Friday at 8:30 a.m., filed by 10:00 a.m. the court day before); trials (set on Mondays, final status conferences on Fridays 10 calendar days before); mandatory settlement conferences (in person; briefs filed in the courtroom at least 5 days before); and continuances - with the department's Final Status Conference (FSC) Order (general decorum, court and jury trials, the requirements for each trial document, exhibits, discovery, jury selection, witnesses and closing arguments) and a motions in limine best practices addendum.

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Chatsworth Courthouse > Department F51

Source of truth

DEPARTMENT F51 COURTROOM INFORMATION www.LACOURT.ORG The Court’s goal is to help the parties obtain a fair, timely and efficient resolution of their cases. The Court requires civility and adherence to proper decorum. Judge: Andrew E. Cooper Judicial Assistant: Paula Terrazas Courtroom Assistant: Francine Rodriguez Court Address: 9425 Penfield Avenue, Chatsworth, CA 91311 Telephone Number: (818) 40

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_CHA_F51.pdf (350507 bytes, sha256 1fbf34ef9d8c1f3f5f2702629f57fbce5e7db7b3b1979d1f4bb65b4914075b5a; 9 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 Andrew E. Cooper: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Andrew E. Cooper in Department F51 of the Chatsworth Courthouse.