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Los Angeles County Superior Court — Santa Monica Courthouse, Department M (Judge Mark A. Young): Courtroom Information (DATE: January 2, 2025)

High confidence· verified September 29, 2026Judge PreferencesCourtroom Information, Santa Monica Courthouse, Department M, 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/SM/courtrooms/M/documents, fetched 2026-09-29.

Summary

Department M's courtroom information and trial preparation order (Santa Monica Courthouse): ex parte applications (Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m., Friday at 9:00 a.m.); remote appearances through LACourtConnect; motions (hearing dates reserved through E-Court; heard Monday through Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 9:00 a.m.); and trials - the trial documents (operative pleadings first), motions in limine and trial motions, stipulations, conduct of counsel and parties, court reporters, jury selection, the lectern and approaching witnesses, objections, witnesses, reading discovery responses and deposition transcripts, reference to evidence, visual aids at opening statement, exhibits, highly prejudicial evidence and jury instructions - with the department's standing order re motions to compel further responses (printed twice in the file): an informal discovery conference before any motion to compel further responses is heard (three agreed dates, a Tuesday or Thursday at 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m.; meeting and conferring; a joint brief of less than five pages two court days before).

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California > Second Appellate District > Los Angeles County > Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles > Santa Monica Courthouse > Department M

Source of truth

COURTROOM INFORMATION AND TRIAL PREPARATION ORDER HON. MARK YOUNG DEPARTMENT M LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT GENERAL COURTROOM INFORMATION FILINGS: Courtesy copies are required for: (1) motions for summary judgment/adjudication along with oppositions and replies; (2) motions to compel further discovery along with oppositions and replies; and (3) all trial documents as described in the court’s trial o

Official source: Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles — Courtroom Information (courtroom information sheets)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 29, 2026
Effective date: January 2, 2025
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_SM_M.pdf (305424 bytes, sha256 a96416bfbd718d2249505b378ab02c97c91996f8e68a0301706bd23a0a3e151c; 12 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 Mark A. Young: the sheet names the judicial officer, and the court's Courtroom Information application and Judicial Officer Search both place Judge Mark A. Young in Department M of the Santa Monica Courthouse.