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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A09: Courtroom Information (Revised 9/2024)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Department A09, 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/ATP/courtrooms/A09/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department A09's courtroom information (Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse, Lancaster), the unlawful detainer department: unlawful detainer proceedings (Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and jury trials (daily at 1:30 p.m.); court staff; informal discovery and settlement conferences (Code of Civil Procedure §2017.010 et seq.: the court mediates agreed resolutions of discovery disputes and otherwise uses informal, streamlined proceedings on joint statements); and mandatory settlement conferences (principals on site with full authority to settle).

Applies to

California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse > Department A09

Requirement

COURTROOM INFORMATION Unlawful Detainer – Department A09 Commissioner Cornell Mimms Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse 42011 4th Street West Lancaster, CA 93534 (661) 483-5509 Unlawful Detainer Proceedings: Monday – Friday at 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jury Trials: Daily at 1:30 p.m. Court Staff: Deputy Montgomery Judicial Assistant, J. Davis Informal Discovery and Settlement Conferences (Code of Civil Procedure §2017.010 et seq.) ❖ The parties should fully comply with discovery obligations to help facilitate settlement and resolution of cases. ❖ The Court will not issue rulings on contested issues, but it will mediate agreed upon resolutions of discovery disputes. ❖ If the parties cannot resolve their disputes, the Court will invite them to litigate their disagreements by way of informal, streamlined proceedings, using joint statements presenting opposing positions in a point/counterpoint format. Mandatory Settlement Conferences ❖ The principals/agents for each side must participate on site in mandatory settlement conferences, unless otherwise expressly permitted, and have full authority at the time of the conference to accept settlement on the terms offered by the opposing side. Revised 9/2024

Source of truth

COURTROOM INFORMATION Unlawful Detainer – Department A09 Commissioner Cornell Mimms Michael Antonovich Antelope Valley Courthouse 42011 4th Street West Lancaster, CA 93534 (661) 483-5509 Unlawful Detainer Proceedings: Monday – Friday at 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jury Trials: Daily at 1:30 p.m. Court Staff: Deputy Montgomery Judicial Assistant, J. Davis Informal Discovery and Settlement Conferences (C

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_ATP_A09.pdf (124899 bytes, sha256 f2e77e45fdf73039e180e00b9f03fcfbbf2cfa1fa71726a565cc3094674b959d; 1 page) 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 the department only (review task): The sheet names Commissioner Cornell Mimms; the app and the Judicial Officer Search place Judge Justin A. Ford in Department A09 and Commissioner Mimms in Department A13.