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Department S13's courtroom rules and orders (Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, Long Beach), the unlawful detainer and jury trial department: unlawful detainer hearings (ex parte applications at 8:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, filed in the clerk's office, Room 1401, by 8:30 a.m. - a hard deadline, or by attorneys electronically the day before by 10 a.m.; law and motion at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday); unlawful detainer trials (court trials daily at 8:30 a.m.; no final status conference; trials under the local rules and the Unlawful Detainer Fourth Amended Standing Order); jury trials (trial documents e-filed before the jury trial date; the department's trial guidelines); filing, receiving and processing unlawful detainer documents; and miscellaneous matters (check-in, argument, continuances and the local rules).
California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse > Department S13
S13 COURTROOM RULES & ORDERS Location: GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE Address: 275 Magnolia Avenue Long Beach, CA. 90802 Department S13 – UNLAWFUL DETAINER & JURY TRIALS Judge: Amy Yerkey Courtroom Tel#: (562) 256-1465 Fax#: (562) 753-0675. Faxes accepted with prior approval of the Court. Buddy Court: NONE Public Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. LA Court Connect: Yes UNLAWFUL DETAINER HEARINGS Ex Parte: 8:30 a.m. Monday - Friday; must be filed no later than 8:30 a.m. in clerk's office, Room 1401. THIS IS A HARD DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS. Law & Motion: 8:30 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Demurrers, Motions to Quash and Motions to Strike: Daily within statutory deadlines, or by court order. Tentative Rulings: None. Case Management Conferences: None. Post-Mediation Status Conferences: None. Mandatory Settlement Conferences: Upon request. Final Status Conference: None. UNLAWFUL DETAINER TRIALS Court Trials: Daily at 8:30 a.m. Cases shall be ready for trial on the initially set trial date. Trial Preparation - All trials must comply with the Local Rules and Unlawful Detainer Fourth Amended Standing Order. Parties must bring 5 sets of labeled exhibits. Plaintiffs shall use numbers and defendants shall use letters. Binders must include tabs between exhibits. Trial Briefs on unique or out-of-ordinary issues encouraged. Jury Trials: Department S13 is conducting jury trials. For all jury trials: the parties must electronically file their trial documents prior to the jury trial date. In addition, the parties are required to meet and confer and to comply with all aspects of the general order, including have a joint binder or the case will not be given a trial court assignment. The court will distribute Trial Guidelines to parties conducting jury trials in Department S13. The Trial Guidelines are also available on the Court’s website. UNLAWFUL DETAINER DOCUMENTS (Filing/Receiving/Processing) Ex Parte Applications: Filed in Clerk's Office, Room 1401., no later than 8:30 a.m. THIS IS A HARD DEADLINE. NO EXCEPTIONS. Attorneys may file electronically the day prior by 10 a.m. Motions/Oppositions/Replies: Motion dates may be selected by the parties and shall comply with the applicable statutory time periods (subject to availability on the judge’s calendar). Opposition /Replies may be filed in the Clerk's Office, or electronically filed. ALL responsive pleadings MUST be filed by noon the day prior to the motion hearing or the Court may NOT consider the response. Orders: Delivered to either Clerk's Office or Courtroom. Courtesy Copies: Encouraged. Default Packages: Submit to Clerk's Office for processing. Trial Documents: Must be according to Court Rules. Should include 5 sets of numbered trial exhibits. Plaintiffs use numbers, Defendants use alphabet letters or start with 101. MUST USE TABS IN BETWEEN EXHIBITS. Judgments: Deliver to Clerk's Office for processing. MISCELLANEOUS Check-in Procedures: Check in with court staff in Courtroom. Argument Protocol: Argument from podium or counsel table only. Discovery Disputes: Local Rules. Continuation/Off Calendar Policy: Per Court Order or by stipulation only. Local Rules: Comply with Local Rules unless other Court Order. 06/16/2025
S13 COURTROOM RULES & ORDERS Location: GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE Address: 275 Magnolia Avenue Long Beach, CA. 90802 Department S13 – UNLAWFUL DETAINER & JURY TRIALS Judge: Amy Yerkey Courtroom Tel#: (562) 256-1465 Fax#: (562) 753-0675. Faxes accepted with prior approval of the Court. Buddy Court: NONE Public Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. LA Court Connect: Y
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/dept/CourtroomInformation_LB_S13.pdf (157303 bytes, sha256 25e3ccfb546c9abfcf3e8391ea34ded30b884c1ab1e94c6209568c8b7b1ce4ad; 2 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 the department only (review task): The sheet names Judge Amy Yerkey; the app and the Judicial Officer Search place Judge Ronald F. Frank in Department S13 and Judge Amy C. Yerkey in Department S09.
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