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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Compton Courthouse, Department E (Judge Michael B. Wilson): Courtroom Information

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Compton Courthouse, Department E, 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/COM/courtrooms/E/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department E's courtroom information and procedures (Compton Courthouse, South Central District): courtroom hours (check-in at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), court staff and the local rules; the department's rules on professionalism, civility and decorum, remote appearances, filings, court reporters, trials (set at the case management conference; motions in limine heard at the final status conference), continuances, law and motion (weekdays at 8:30 a.m.: scheduling on the Court Reservation System, shortening time, discovery motions), settlement, ex parte applications (daily at 8:30 a.m. if time permits; filed by 10:00 a.m. the day before), self-represented litigants and language assistance; the court's ADR programs for unlimited civil cases (Appendix 1); and the department's trial preparation requirements (meeting and conferring; trial briefs; joint witness and exhibit lists; a joint statement to be read to the jury; joint and contested jury instructions; verdict forms; a joint chart of deposition designations; motions in limine; exhibit binders; electronic media as exhibits; the trial binder; visual aids during opening statement; witnesses; and jury selection).

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California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Compton Courthouse > Department E

Source of truth

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT E Judge Michael B. Wilson Courtroom Information & Procedures COURT INFORMATION Compton Courthouse, 200 W. Compton Blvd, Compton, CA 90220 Department Main Telephone Number: (310) 761-4333 COURTROOM HOURS Doors open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Check-in begins at 8:3

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_COM_E.pdf (473974 bytes, sha256 11b23f141aece17acb5e947e249c834ad96b6b6a05af5124fa77445159e53f6d; 19 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. Running footers or headers printed on only some pages, or at shifting heights, are named for this sheet and left out as page marks. Attached to Judge Michael B. Wilson: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Michael B. Wilson in Department E of the Compton Courthouse.